Living vs. Nonliving?

I decided to present a science idea to Lane. I wasn't sure how quickly she would figure it out and it didn't take her long to understand the difference between living and nonliving things. I found a great presentation with cards at The Helpful Garden. http://thehelpfulgarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/livingnon-living.html
The presentation includes animals, plants, and misc. items in the every day world. The only picture that was confusing for Laney was a mushroom. Otherwise, she easily categorized each item. After the initial presentation, I brought the activity with us to dance class a few days later. While the boys were in class, she glued and sorted the items without any problems. She even wanted the labels glued on her papers.
The next week, Alex who is in first grade, brought home a living vs nonliving classification activity. Lane went to Montessori a few days later and insisted on taking her project with her for share time.