Flower Preschool Theme

Today for preschool we talked about flowers!

We read "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle.  Here is a video version if you do not have the book. It is a good book that helps go through the life cycle of a flower in a basic way.

2 Teaching Mommies has a great Flower Unit to check out.

Here is a Plant Life Cycle freebie.

 Making Learning Fun has lots of flower themed activity ideas.

 My son did a finger painting of flowers.  He had a great time.

Here is what I did for a flower theme in 2011 with my older boys.

Most Popular of 2011

As we come to a close of 2011 and since we are on a preschool break I thought I would share my most popular posts of 2011 (based on the number of views they have gotten).  I hope you enjoy the remaining days of 2011 and Happy New Year!  We will be back in action after the new year starts.

5.  Hand Print Valentine

4.  The Mitten by Jan Brett

3. The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear

2.  14 Days of Showing Love: Valentine's Day Countdown

1.  St. Patrick's Day Countdown

Here are some of my favorite posts from 2011

Trains

Easter Eggs

Stars

Flowers

Flowers

Gathering Time:

Read “Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle

Sing 2^nd verse of “In the Leafy Treetops” (In My pretty Garden the flowers are nodding…”)

Sequencing seeds to bloomed flowers

Show pictures of different kinds of flowers

Focus Activities:

Counting Flower Petal Game

Make a flower

Plant a seed

Matching Game

RESOURCES:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

http://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com

Flower Petal Counting Game

Tomorrow we are going to be talking about flowers.  Here is a flower petal counting game that we will be doing. 

 Cut out enough circles for the number of petals you are going to have (I have seven).  Then number them.

 Then cut out enough petals so that your child can put the corresponding number of petals on each one.

 Here is a close up shot of our flower with seven petals.  Hopefully, it'll be a lot of fun!

P.S.  I used my Cricut Machine and the Walk in the Garden Cartidge to make this super easy to make!