

get sunlight
[ɡet ˈsʌnlaɪt]get food and water
[ɡet fuːd ən ˈwɔːtə(r)]grow
[ɡrəʊ]change
[tʃeɪndʒ]*move
[muːv]living
[ˈlɪvɪŋ]non-living
[ˈnəʊn ˈlɪvɪŋ]thing
[θɪŋ]*air
[eə(r)]by themselves
[baɪ ðəmˈselvz]important
[ɪmˈpɔːtnt]by itself
[baɪ ɪtˈself]look around
[lʊk əˈraʊnd]Explore
Living and Non-living things
We see many things in our world every day.
All these things are living or non-living.
How are they different?
Living things
A living thing can grow and change.
A plant is a living thing.
An animal is a living thing.
You are a living thing!
Living things need air, food and water.
People and animals can move.
They can get food and water from different places.
Plants cannot move by themselves.
They make their food from sunlight, water and air.
What living things do you see every day?
Non-living things
A non-living thing does not need air, food or water.
A toy is a non-living thing.
A non-living thing does not grow, but it can change.
Look at the shoes.
How are they different?
A ball can move.
Is it a living thing?
No, it isn't.
It cannot move by itself.
It does not grow.
Look around you.
What non-living things do you see?
All living and non-living things in our world are important.
We should take care of them.
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Living to non-living
Some living things can become non-living things.
Is the boy's straw hat from a living thing?
Wheat grows in fields.
Farmers cut the wheat.
It becomes straw.
The sun dries the straw.
People can make a hat with the straw.
Straw begins as a living thing: wheat.
People make it into a hat.
The wheat becomes a non-living thing.
Grandma Li has a bamboo steamer.
She makes baozi in it.
How can we make a steamer?
Bamboo can grow very tall.
People cut down the bamboo.
People cut the bamboo into pieces.
People turn the bamboo pieces into a steamer.
Bamboo begins as a living thing.
People make a steamer with the bamboo pieces.
The bamboo becomes a non-living thing.