🧒 What Living Things Need 6: Child

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About this grade 1 & grade 2 worksheet

Free needs of living things printable for Grades 1–2 (Child): list how a child gets food, water, air, space and shelter, and plan a test of what plants need. Skill: Knows the basic needs of all living things (second-grade readiness). Level: Grade 1 & Grade 2 — also suits Year 2 (UK).

For teachers: skills & standards

• NGSS 2-LS2-1: Plants need sunlight and water to grow
• Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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What age is it for?

It is designed for Grade 1 & Grade 2 (ages 6–8), but use it with any child who is ready.

What skills does it build?

Knows the basic needs of all living things (second-grade readiness).

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More “What Living Things Need” printables (knows the basic needs of all living things)

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