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What Does Living Mean?

Living Things All Around

Day 26of 180
Week 6of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the basic characteristics of living things

2

Identify that living things grow, need food and water, and move

3

Develop curiosity about God's creation

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:11

“God said, 'Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after its kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;' and it was so.”

— Genesis 1:11 (WEB)

Demonstrates how God created living things that grow and reproduce

📦 Materials Needed

  • Living/non-living picture cards
  • Toy animal
  • Small plant
  • Water
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Science
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Exciting exploration of living things with BibleMouse!

💭 Review Question: What special things did we learn about our senses yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Introducing living things to your little scientist

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Living things grow
  • Living things need food and water
  • Living things can move
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you show me how a plant moves?
  • What do plants drink?
3Activity: Living Thing Exploration (6 min)
interactive demonstration

Hands-on investigation of living characteristics

📝 Instructions:
  1. Show a toy animal and demonstrate movement
  2. Water a small plant together
  3. Compare movement of animal and plant
  4. Sort picture cards into living/non-living groups
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Focus on just moving and drinking

Challenge: Try to find more living things around the room

4Closing (3 min)

Celebrate our learning about God's wonderful creation

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes something alive?
  • Can you show me how a living thing moves?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play a fun game sorting living and non-living things!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are just beginning to understand the concept of living things

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm and movement
  • Demonstrate concepts physically
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between living and non-living objects

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to move like an animal or plant, showing basic understanding

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse living things scavenger hunt
  • Draw pictures of living things in the BibleMouse Printables Library

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