Living Things (Living or Not Living?)
A Kindergarten science page with 20 bright watercolor pictures in five rainbow rows: animals and trees mixed with a car, ball, clock, hat, jug, boat, train, plane and bus. Children circle the living things. A simple, picture-led way to start sorting living and non-living things.
How to use this worksheet
- Look at each picture and ask: does it grow, eat and breathe?
- Circle the things that are living.
- Count how many living things you circled. There are 10.
What your child practices
Telling living things from non-living things, an early science idea in Kindergarten. The tricky ones are things that move, like a car, plane or train: they move, but they do not grow, eat or breathe. Answers (living): row 1 cat and tree; row 2 dog and fish; row 3 cow and lion; row 4 tree and dog; row 5 fish and cat.
Who it is for
Made for Kindergarten children around five to six. Many children think anything that moves is alive, so talk about the car and the tree: the car moves but needs a driver and fuel, the tree stays still but grows taller every year.
Go on a living-things walk
Take a short walk outside and list what you see in two groups: living (grass, birds, bugs, trees) and not living (rocks, cars, benches). Your child can draw one of each when you get home.