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Looking around
Living and non-living things
We see many things around us. Some things have life in them. They
are called living things. Some things do not have life in them. They
are called non-living things.
Dabby’s Time
Colour the living things green and the non-living things red.
For the teacher: Giving suitable examples from inside and outside the class, explain the differences
between living and non-living things.
Living things are different from non-living things.
• Living things breathe.
• Living things move on their own.
• Living things grow.
• Living things feel.
• Living things need air, water and
food. They need food to grow and
to get energy.
• Living things produce more of their kind. They reproduce.
Know with Dabby
• A tadpole turns into a frog.
• A kitten grows into a cat.
• A caterpillar grows into a
butterfly.
Plants, animals and human beings are all living things.
Non-living things cannot breathe, move on their
own, eat food, feel, grow and reproduce.
Dabby’s Time
Dabby Wants to Know
What is the difference
between you and the
chair you sit on?
?
Colour the picture. Circle the living things (rat, butterfly, girl, flowers, tree,
plants) with a red crayon and non-living things (swing, ball, bench, watering
can) with a blue crayon.
Natural and man-made things
Some things like the sun, the moon, rocks,
wood and water are not made by man.
They are called natural things.
Know with Dabby
All living things are
natural things.
Non-living things like book, train, house, clothes, pencil and paper are
made by man. They are called man-made things.
Dabby’s Time
Write the names of five natural things and five man-made things.
Natural things Man-made things
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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Dabby’s Web Chart
Things around us
living
plants
non-living
Dabby’s Questions
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
1. All animals and ______________ are living things. (plants/stars)
2. All living things are ______________. (natural/man-made)
3. Living things need ______________ to grow. (food/clothes)
4. Birds are ______________ things. (living/non-living)
B. Tick (P) the features of living things.
They move.
They do not breathe.
They grow.
They do not need water.
They do not eat.
They feel.
They do not reproduce.
They need air.
C. Write (T) for true and (F) for false statements.
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2.
3.
4.
Sun is a living thing.
Trees are natural things.
Living things cannot move on their own.
Non-living things cannot breathe.
D. Write the names of four non-living things in your classroom.
1. _________________
3. _________________
2. _________________
4. _________________
Fun with Dabby
Look at the pictures given below. Write (N) for natural things and (M) for
man-made things.