Today's Classroom Activities :

Fantastic Flowers Classroom Activities

Fantastic Flowers
Art Fold five pieces of 6" x 9" colored copier paper accordion-style to make a six-inch fan. Scrunch together one end of the fan and staple it to hold the fan shape. Staple all five fans together in a circle. Cut a circle from shiny paper, wallpaper or an old greeting card and glue it in the center to hide the place where all the fan ends are joined together. Staple the flower to an oaktag background, add a stem of construction paper and a flowerpot cut from old scraps of fabric or wallpaper. Have students label the plant parts and add seeds to the center.

Bit by Bit the Flower Grows
Science/Sequencing Have each student fold a piece of paper into four sections. Glue a flower seed in the first section. Discuss what the seed needs in order to grow. In the second section, draw raindrops falling onto the ground and, in the third section, a sun shining onto the little plant. In the fourth section, draw a flower and label its parts. In a variation, use each section to draw the cycle of the plant by showing the seed, the seed with roots, etc.

Sunflowers
Art Step 1: Give each student a stiff piece of 12" by 18" paper and ask them to draw a circle near the top. Step 2: Glue sunflower seeds inside the circle. Step 3: Yellow petals, green stems, green grass and blue sky can be painted on with brushes or fingers.

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