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Living and non-living things, animals around us — EVS worksheet

Living things — plants, animals, birds, insects and people — grow, breathe and need food, water and air. Non-living things such as a stone, a chair, a ball or a pencil do none of these. Animals live all around us — at home, on farms, in trees and under the ground. Many have special homes (a dog in a kennel, a bee in a hive, a rabbit in a burrow) and special names for their young ones (a cat has a kitten, a cow has a calf, a frog has a tadpole).

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Alive? Then home, baby, legs — “living things grow, breathe and need food, water and air; then know an animal’s home, baby and legs”

  1. Living things (a cat, an ant, a neem tree, a baby) grow, breathe and need food, water and air. Non-living things (a stone, a chair, a ball, a pencil) do not.
  2. Homes: dog – kennel, horse – stable, bird – nest, bee – hive, spider – web, rabbit – burrow, hen – coop.
  3. Young ones: cat – kitten, dog – puppy, cow – calf, hen – chick, horse – foal, sheep – lamb, frog – tadpole.
  4. Legs: birds 2, cows and dogs 4, insects like ants 6, spiders 8, snakes and fish none.

Use it for: Class 1 EVS lessons on living and non-living things and on animals, visits to a farm or zoo, and animal stories.

Worked example: 🏠 Where does the bee live? → hive

  1. Bees live together in a home made of wax.
  2. That home is called a hive.

Check: Bees make honey in their hive ✓

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🖨️ Class 1 EVS Worksheet: Living and Non-living Things

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