Are you looking for a fun, educationalplant activityto do with your kids?
They will love learning about theplant life cylewith this free plant printable that bcomes a fun DIY lift-the-flap book.
Ourplant life cycle printableis designed for use in kindergarten and 1st grade.
The specifics may get more intricate, but the basics are not difficult to understand.
They will see plants growing and changing every time they step outside.
In the garden, they will be planting seeds and watching them grow.
It is the perfect time to introduce them to germination, photosynthesis, and pollination concepts.
And what better way to learn than watching a plant grow before their eyes?
Our free Flowering Plant Life Cycle Lift the flap book will be the perfect addition to a plant unit.
It is a fun and engaging way to help kids learn about a plants life cycle.
Students must cut, paste, and color (if you use the black and white copy).
The free printable comes in 2 formats.
A black and white and a colored version.
Designed for kindergarten through first-grade kids, this printable is an easy prep activity your kids will love!
I would recommend pairing this lift the flap book with some planting activities.
You could keep a family journal of the changes they observe throughout the summer as the sunflowers grow.
They could compare these to the stages shown in their book.
Materials
You just have to decide between black and white or color and then print.
Could it be any easier?
Remember, we can introduce words such as germination, cotyledon, and photosynthesis at an elementary level.
We do not need to go into detail.
There is plenty of time for that.
Seed
All plants start off as seeds.
Inside the seed is a baby plant waiting to grow.
Seeds need soil, water, air, sun, and warmth to germinate.
This is when roots start growing through the shell of the seed.
Cotyledons
The first thing to grow up through the soil are the cotyledons.
They look like leaves and contain food to help the plant grow.
Some plants have one cotyledon, and others have two.
Seedling
At this stage, the seedling (or baby plant) begins to grow.
It pushes roots into the soil to absorb water and other helpful things.
It raises shoots and stems up to the light.
The plant also grows leaves and soaks up sunlight, which it uses to produce its food.
This process is called photosynthesis.
The bees drink the nectar, and their fuzzy bodies pick up pollen.
They carry this pollen to the next Sunflower they visit.
This all help make a new batch of seeds.
Seedhead
In the Sunflower, the seeds develop on the flower.
One Sunflower will grow lots of new seeds.
Now you have a new batch of seeds to use.
Dont forget to save some to plant next year.
