Lepas tu, present him cards dan minta dia sort, living and non-living. While Hana had an emergency, lol, tinggal je Haris sort sorang-sorang. He finshed, and ada satu kad tu haiwan dalam laut which he doesn’t know di non-living. It’s fine I said since he doesn’t know (Haris adalah seorang yang sangat senang merajuk. -.-)
Petang tu, we take a short walk and discuss what he sees along the way, which living and non-living. He said trees aren’t living things at first (pagi masa tampal-tampal), same goes with flower, if, they’re still on the trees. Always ask, how can you tell if something is living or non-living? To make sure he gets the point. Which he eventually does. At first he only thinks about reproduce (having babies in his thought), sebab tu dia jawab pokok tak hidup. Had to explain that they ‘move’ or ‘grow’ even though in one place.
Next day, gave him a magazine and asked him to find and cut living and non-living dan tampal dalam buku nota Sains.
Made this chart for him to analyse each of the items.
HANA
Read: Importance of Sorting Activities
Animal & Nature Games
Day 1
1. Take a walk outside. Explain there’re living and non-living things around us. Pick things up along the way.
2. Living things need food, water and air and they reproduce. They move (trees and alike move when growing)
3. Jotted in science journal the findings.
How can you tell if something is living or non-living?
What are some things that all living things have in common?
and write them out and discuss one by one. Take an example that most likely have them all.
Notes: Tricky one, tree, seeds, eggs, apple.
Day 2
Sorting with cards and figurines.
Have them cutout pictures, color and paste.
Day 3
Make a chart.
– Does it move all by itself?
– Does it grown and change?
– Does it breathe?
– Does it need food, water and air to survive?
– Does it reproduce?
Resources:
Cards:
Montessori Card from Homeschool Den and how to here or watch video here.
Cards from Talibiddeen Jr.
Worksheets:
In Bahasa at Zarina Ahmad’s blog.
Living and Non-Living Things booklet and more worksheets.
Read:
Great blogpost and information on classifications at Moosehuntress
A science mini unit: Living and Non-Living by Kindergarten… Kindergarten
Montessori Introduction to Living and Non-Living by Gift of Curisosity
Additional cards at Homemade Montessory