Look at our plant. What do you think it needs so it can keep growing? What might a little bird or a snail need outdoors too?

Look at our plant together. Down in the soil, the roots drink water. The green leaves help the plant make its food using light from the window. The pot of soil is its safe place to stand and grow.

Which part drinks the water?

Look closely at our plant. Now look at the robin card and the snail card. What do you notice? What do you think each one needs outdoors?

Here are three picture cards, and each one shows something a living thing needs: water, then food, then a safe place.

We will look at our plant, then the robin, then the snail. For each one we ask: Does it need water? What about food? Where is its safe place? Point to a card when you have an idea.

Let's build our class chart on the wall. What does the plant need? What does the robin need? What does the snail need? We will pin a water card, a food card and a safe-place card under each one.

Who helps living things get what they need? Watch: a gardener waters plants and finds them a sunny spot. People can help look after animals too. A vet helps when a pet is sick. Outdoors, hedges and damp stones give robins and snails a safe place.