In this worksheet, kids will be able to sort and distinguish between objects that are alive and those that are not. Children will be prompted to observe and analyze various objects and creatures and sort them into two categories: living things and nonliving things.

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We have been learning about basic needs. We made an anchor chart to show the basic needs of living things.We compared plant needs to animal needs.We wrote about our needs and wants. We sorted picture

Most children can identify living and nonliving objects, but can't explain WHY something is living or nonliving. These hands-on activities will help!

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This is a quick little unit that teaches children about living and non-living things. I find that most kindergartners can almost always tell you what things are living and what things are non-living, but they cannot tell you why. And there are definitely some tricky ones--for example, most of my kids think that a tree is non-living. And then there is always the discussion of non-living versus dead. They will sometimes say things like, "The rock is dead." So I explain that in order to be…