Living or Not Living Hunt

Ages3–7
TimeAbout 20 min
MessTidy

You need

  • A yard, park or garden
  • Two paper plates labeled "living" and "not living"

Let's play

  1. Walk around and look closely at everything.
  2. For each thing you find, ask: does it grow? Does it need food and water?
  3. Put small things (or a drawing of big things) on the right plate.
  4. Count each plate. Which has more?
Grown-up tip: A fallen leaf was once living. Talk about "was living" too!

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