![]() ![]() Use a muffin tin to sort by color or count them or make patterns. Allow flowers to dry for at least two weeks.Īt the craft store buy small ribbon rosebuds in a variety of colors. Carefully place them inside a heavy book such an old telephone directory. Cover the flowers with another piece of newspaper. Arrange the flowers face down on the paper without overlapping. Write child's name on a piece of newspaper. Have children choose two or three flowers to preserve. To preserve the flowers they need to be completely dried out. Tell them that to preserve their beauty, we can press the flowers. Explain to children that the flowers will wilt and die quickly after being picked. Let them smell each flower and make a chart of their favorite flower smell. Show children a selection of flowers that have different fragrances. Let children roll a die and pick the matching number of petals from their flower. Let children count and place the matching number of seeds on each pot.Ĭut out a brown circle and 20 yellow flower petals out of craft paper. Place sunflower seeds inside a small basket. Print out our flower pots mat with the number 1-10 and laminate. Sunflower Seeds Counting (Number Sense and Fine Motor Skills) Let children copy and create flower patterns. The water travels through their stems to the veins in their leaves up to the flower.įree Flowers Printables and Coloring PagesĬut our flower shapes out of three different colors of craft paper. Last, point to the roots and explain that the roots hold the plant in place. With the roots the stem helps bring water to all parts of the plant." Point to the center of the flower and explain that flowers make the seeds that grow into new plants. Point to the leaves and say, "Leaves are the plant's food factory. Explain to children that flowers produce seeds that can grow into new plants. Ask children, "Can anyone name the parts of a flower?" Point to the petals or flower of the plant and ask, "What are these called?" Explain to children that the flower has parts on the outside (petals) and the inside (ovule, pistil, stamen, stigma). Show children a flower, such as a daisy or carnation, with roots attached. Cut flowers survive in just water, but only for a few days. Flowers will wilt, dry out, and die if they are uprooted from the soil. Flowers have parts on the outside (petals) and the inside (ovule, pistil, stamen, stigma). Flowers produce seeds that can grow into new plants. As you play soft music let children slowly grow in to a flower, and then sway in the wind and look up to the sun.Įxplain to children that a flower or any plant has different parts: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Let children roll into a ball pretending to be a seed. Print the Flower Life Cycle cards and place on the board. The seeds all scatter, (float hands, wiggling fingers gently)Īnd they float through the air (spread hands) They have soft puffballs (make circle with thumb and forefinger) Where the dandelions grow, (touch heels of hands together, curve fingers) Place moist sand in your sand table together with silk flowers, sunflower seeds, plastic gardening tools, a watering can, and garden gloves. ![]() Let children pretend to be a flower shop and selling flowers to their customers. Provide shoeboxes, plastic vases, silk flowers, a cash register, pictures of flowers, and wrapping paper. Let children create garden beds and plant flowers. Free Flowers Activities, Printables, Crafts, and Flower Book Suggestions Flowers Learning CentersĪdd some brown fabric or felt, silk flowers, toy garden tools, and seeds to your block center. ![]()
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