Singing songs is a great way to help kids learn and remember educational concepts. Lively tunes and easy to memorize lyrics will leave them a lasting impression and will help instill the concepts in their minds. Help your kids remember the difference between living and non-living things through any of these songs:

1. The Living Song

(Tune: "Frere Jacques")

It is living?
It is living?
I know why!
I know why!
It breathes and grows and changes,
It breathes and grows and changes,
It's alive!
It's alive!

It's non-living
It's non-living
I know why!
I know why!
It stays the same forever,
It stays the same forever,
It can't change!
It can't change!


2. Living Things
firstgradewow.blogspot.com has a different version of the above song:

Is it living?
Is it living?
I know why!
I know why!
It eats and breathes and grows,
It eats and breathes and grows,
It's alive!
It's alive!

living things songs


3. Living and Non-Living Things Song

Are you living, 
Are you living,
No you are not, 
No you are not
You don’t need food, air and water
You don’t need food, air and water
You don’t reproduce
You don’t grow 

Are you living 
Are you living 
Yes, you are 
Yes, you are
You need food, air and water
You need food, air and water
You reproduce 
You can grow 


4. Living and Non-Living Things Song
(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Living things all grow and change, grow and change, grow and change
Living things all grow and change
Non-living things do not.

Livings things need food and air, food and air, food and air
Living things need food and air
Non-living things do not.

Living things move on their own, on their own, on their own
Living things move on their own
Non-living things do not.

Living things grow old and die, old and die, old and die
Living things grow old and die
Non-living things do not.