We are gearing up in our classroom to learn about plants! What a perfect thematic unit for Spring. When designing these, I try to think through every aspect of my day, from morning task bins to whole-group instruction, small groups, and free choice. I think you will find these products are helpful for each of these different activities in your own classroom.
The products below offer hands-on, engaging activities that students love to tackle and explore. They are tried and true, and I use every single one of these in my own co-taught preschool classroom.
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Plants Activities BUNDLE
Transform your classroom into a captivating botanical wonderland with this plant activity bundle! Perfect for morning bins, whole-group instruction, literacy centers, math centers, early finishers, and IEP data collection. Dive into the world of flora with a hands-on flower-building activity and a delightful plant craft. Unleash the power of learning with our comprehensive plants thematic unit, complete with a meticulously crafted lesson plan, 5 literacy standards activities, and 5 math standards activities.
Explore the depths of knowledge with 4 file folders themed around May, Plants, and Flowers, as well as 6 engaging task boxes – 3 literacy boxes and 3 math boxes. And that’s not all!
Receive complimentary FREE! books that unravel the mysteries of what plants need and their intricate parts. Elevate your classroom experience with this phenomenal resource, tailored for preschool and special education classrooms. Let the botanical adventure begin!
Plants Activities- Literacy & Math Activities
This thematic unit on plants/flowers is a must-have for your classroom! Perfect for literacy and math centers, whole-group instruction, or even for a full week of engaging activities. With 5 literacy and 5 math activities included, each day is planned out for you, making your teaching experience a breeze. The unit comes complete with lesson plans, standard cards, simple direction cards with photos, and even listings of color and black-and-white activity pages. Ideal for preschool, kindergarten, and special education settings. Get ready to transform your classroom with this comprehensive and educational resource!
What is Included:
Language/ Literacy Centers:
- 16 vocabulary cards with the beginning letter highlighted
- Pictures of the life cycle of a flower to sequence and discuss using sentences
- Differentiated readers to use with and without pictures to match
- Syllable sort
- Rhyming word matchups
Math Centers:
- Number recognition 1-10 with flowers and petals
- More/ Less Activity with picture cards
- Pattern recognition and expansion activity
- Rolling a die to graph the pictures and read the graph
- Sequence the size of a flower growing/ measure the flowers with cubes
May Task Boxes- Plants
Are you looking for quick, interactive flower activities for your early learners? Look no further than these May morning bin task boxes. These Spring-themed literacy and math task cards will help students practice color recognition, vocabulary, sight words, tracing numbers, one-to-one correspondence, and shape recognition! Print and laminate these fine-motor task boxes for centers, morning work, and early-finisher activities. These task bin activities are also perfect for IEP goals and objectives!
This May/ Flower pre-k task box kit contains the following task cards:
- color match
- vocabulary match
- sight word match
- counting and tracing numbers
- counting using one-to-one correspondence
- shape match
Each set includes a cover, directions inside the box, and a label to help with organization!
File Folder Games- Plants
Use these May/Flowers file folders to help your students meet academic standards! These file-folder games are perfect for morning task bins, early-finisher activities, math, and literacy centers!
Included are the following file folder activities:
- match colored worm to the same colored flowerpot
- match shaped bumblebee to the same shaped flower
- say the sequence of numbers in the flowers and extend it up to 20
- look at the garden vegetable/ flower and match the letter/ sound that starts the picture
Build-a-Flower Activities
Unlock your students’ creativity and imagination as they embark on an epic flower-building adventure. With five unique flowers to construct, this product is not only a plant/ flower craft but also a fantastic exercise in following directions. Ideal for small groups, literacy centers, art centers, and IEP data collection, this product provides a versatile learning experience. Utilize the mini-books to guide students through the flower-building process with engaging visuals. Let them immerse themselves in the world of plants as they color the black-and-white flowers and bring them to life. With the step-by-step directions, students will be inspired to cut, color, and glue their way to creating magnificent flowers fit for a beautiful garden!
Included in this product are the following:
- 5 black/white pages to cut & make the flowers
- 5 flower teacher models
- 5 black/white pages to put the pieces on (either lay the pieces on top of the image or place velcro on to attach each piece)
- 6 different flower mats to organize pieces
- 5 sets of flower pieces
- 5 different books with visual directions
- 5 different direction pages to color the flowers
- 5 black/white pages to color
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I’m excited for you to see these products and would love your feedback. Just use this email: marykay@busylittlehandsblog.com.
Let me know your thoughts. What do you love about some of these products? Do you have any ideas for your own classroom? What could be tweaked to make it easier, more functional, and more engaging?
If you’re interested in other thematic units, check out my blog all about weather!
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