Lesson plan: Seeds & plants

Our plan for today!

Subject: seeds and plants

Key words: seed, sprout, plant, flower, stem, leaves, roots

Learning objectives: Learn and name the parts of a plant, observe the stages of a seed's life, understand and be able to complete the sequence of the seed's life cycle. 

Materials & preparation: laptop/tablet, different seeds(lentils, chia, beans, etc.), cardboard, scissors, glue, markers

🌱E-book

Let's get in the subject flipping through a free e-book which introduces the parts of a plant. Plants 

You can also watch this video Seeds & plants that analyzes perfectly how the seeds are turned into plants and the parts of it.

🌱Agriculturists
We learn together about the part of a plant and how a seed is growing into a plant. Let's watch the videos and examine the different stages of life and the parts of a plant/flower.

🌻Seed

🌻Sprout/seedling

🌻Young plant

🌻Adult plant/flower

🌻Fruit

🌱Your plant
The results of this activity will come in time after days because a seed needs time to sprout and grow. However, it really worths waiting. You can choose any seed you want and follow the steps as in the video. You can keep a calendar to save the days and the changes your plant is having. 

🌱Seed mosaic
For this fine motor and tactile activity you can use any seed you have. Draw the picture you want according to the theme and fill it up with glue and the seeds. Use neccessarily cardboard and not a plain sheet of paper cause it will be heavy of the seeds. Remove the excess by tapping lightly and let it dry overnight. Your seed mosaic is ready!

🌱Seed's life cycle
This sequence activity is for the children to put  the stages of seeds' life in order .You can print this or make your own easily. After the previous activities the children should be able to complete which picture goes first, second, etc. It works as a revision.

🌱Flower's parts

Make your own puzzle with the parts of a flower. Draw and cut it into pieces. Then ask your child to put them in order and name each part.

''I hope you liked one more spring lesson plan. See you soon with more.''
SM

Lesson plan: Spring

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Subject: Flowers

"Dear children & parents, 

the spring project begins and it's gonna be multi-layered. Have fun!🥀"

Key terms: spring, flower, petals, leaves, stem

Learning objectives: To realize that spring is the season of blossom, to see different types of flowers and work through them and to create artificial flowers.

Materials & preparation: tablet, printer(optional), bowl with water, flowers, scoops and strainers, cups, dice, newspapers/magazines, scissors, straw, double-sided tape/glue, colored sheets, markers

💮E-book
Following this link ''Now that it's spring!'', you will find a short e-book with spring images to welcome you to the project's theme.

💮Sensory water activity

As you will see in the video, we are making a fairy soup with petals, flowers and leaves, play with them and freeze them at the end▶️2nd video.
Pick some flowers and follow up! You also need a bowl with water, scoops and cups, ice cube tray or cupcakes.

  

💮Board game

You can download my DIY board game in this link→Spring's board game! You need a dice and you are ready to revise numbers and counting in a flowery version. If there is no printer, make your own handmade board game!

💮Flower crafts with easy materials

For the first craft you will need: coloured paper, scissors, double-sided tape and a straw. Watch the steps to make a lovely hyacinthus.

For the second craft you will need newspapers/magazines/brochures to draw on and cut out flowers. Then, paste them on a colored sheet and draw stem and leaves.  Simple but nice. You have so many flower choices.

💮E-games

Here are two memory games with spring images for your little one based one their age to play and exercise their memory and eye perception. 

Memory game for toddlers

Memory game for preschoolers

💮Practice fine motor and pre-writing skills

I forward you some worksheets for tracing lines and cutting by @motheringwithcreativity. You can find more on TeachersPayTeacher. These are great pre-writing activities to practise. Firstly, trace the line with the finger and then, use a marker. There are also spring themed sheets for scissors cutting.

Printable spring worksheets

"Stay tuned for more spring fun following!''
SM

Lesson plan: 4 Seasons

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Subject: Four seasons

Key terms: four, seasons, spring, summer, autmn, winter

Learning objectives: Name the four seasons, familiarize with some facts of each season  and discriminate them by pictures.

Materials & Preparation: laptop/tablet, printer(optional), scissors, glue, brown cardboard, white A4 sheets, Q-tips, elastic bands, food coloring-flour-water if you do the DIY paints,

🍁Introduction

To lead the children in the theme, you can watch the following educational video where the four seasons are introduce, together with some basic words that match with each of them about heat and activities[ex.spring=warm, flowers/summer=hot, beach, etc.]. Also, at the end of the video there is a small revision, so the children can repeat the words and learn some new vocabulary.
🎥Four Seasons

🍁E-Book 

The children heard and saw about winter, spring, summer, autumn. Let's see more! If you don't have any flashcards or book about the seasons, you can flip through the one in the link. Short but good- includes colors, pictures and description about each season. There is also audio narration version.
🕮 Seasons_Ebook.

🍁Arts & Crafts

Let's make a craft-astic art project with four season trees. Follow the links to see how to make DIY edible paint, if you don't have, and how to create the four trees. The videos include clear instructios.

🔗How to make paint at home
If you have paints you can skip this↖ video and go straight to the craft↙.
🔗4 season trees craft
For the craft i used DIY glue. Here is the recipe if you wanna do it.
Simple No-Cook Flour Glue
1 cup flour
½ cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt

🍁Sorting activity

Having done the previous activities, it is time to test children's new knoledge. Here is a nice activity where kids have to match the pictures with the right season. I forward a link from the website teacherpayteachers.com, a great resource with free printables!⇀Season sorting

At the same time, children can practise on the scissors cutting skill.

Note: If you can not print, you can always make your worksheets with simple drawings.✎

🍁Action game
This time we are going to combine the seasons with the weather. That is why I suggest to have already gone through the Lesson plan: Weather. For this game you will need clothing and items according to seasons. It's a dress up game where the kids have to dress themselves up with the right clothes. For example, take shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops, boots, jacket, coat, jumper, dress, sunglasses, hat, umbrella, etc. Place them on the floor and ask ''What should you wear on a (windy) autumn's day?''. Like this ask for all the seasons. Don't forget that some clothes/items can be used for more than one season. I think your children are gonna love the transformation!
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''I hope you liked the fun plan!😀''
SM