Looking for clear, real-life pictures of living and nonliving things? These 72 photo cards make science sorting, classifying, and vocabulary work hands-on, visual, and engaging for young learners.

A Hands-On Way to Explore Living and Nonliving Things

Make science learning come alive with this engaging pack of real photo picture cards designed to help your children recognise, sort, and classify living and nonliving things.
Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and early years classrooms, these cards spark meaningful conversations and will help your students notice what makes something alive.

Children can explore, sort, and discuss while building important science, literacy, and vocabulary skills - all through play-based, hands-on learning.

Features You’ll Love

✔️ 72 real-life picture cards – 36 living and 36 nonliving examples, carefully chosen for easy recognition
✔️ 2 sizes of cards – perfect for whole-group lessons or small-group activities
✔️ Sorting mats and posters – to support independent sorting and reinforce the concept of classification
✔️ Writing prompts and recording sheets – extend learning into literacy and science journals
✔️ Teacher assessment sheet – makes observation and documentation easy
✔️ Organisational labels included – keep your cards tidy and ready to use year after year

This Pictures of Living and Nonliving Things Pack Includes

• 36 labelled living things picture cards (in 2 sizes)

• 36 labelled nonliving things picture cards (in 2 sizes)

• 2 sorting mats (2 styles)

• Sorting information poster

• 2 sorting learning prompt posters

• 3 writing learning prompt posters

• 2 recording sheets (2 sizes)

• 8 writing paper templates

• Teacher observation and assessment sheet

• Task card box and document wallet labels

• Plus optional ink-saving sorting labels

 How to Use These Pictures of Living and Nonliving Things

These versatile photo cards are ideal for:
🌱 Science activities – classifying and categorising living and nonliving things
✏️ Writing centres – use the photos as story or descriptive writing prompts
🎲 Literacy games – play Memory, Snap, or Go Fish to reinforce vocabulary
🗣️ Speech therapy – use for articulation, naming, or word-awareness tasks
🔢 Math centres – practise sorting, counting, and grouping by attributes

Because the images are real and easy to identify, your students will quickly connect to their learning - fostering observation, reasoning, and discussion skills while developing early science understanding! 

Why Teachers Love These Pictures of Living and Nonliving Things

Teachers appreciate that this pack saves them so much time and also supports multiple curriculum areas all at once.
You’ll have everything ready to explore biological science concepts like classification, while naturally developing language and literacy skills in a fun, hands-on way.

It’s a must-have resource for classroom investigations, science centres, and learning displays that will bring science to life for your young learners.