Connecting children with the great outdoors is so important. In fact, nature inspires creativity in children and allows children to use all of their senses. Are you a fan of nature studies? If you have been here for awhile you know how much we love nature. It’s become a big part of our daily lives and I truly feel like the kids are happier and healthier for getting outside and exploring nature. I hope you love the Montessori botany activities we are sharing with you today.
Botany Activities for Kids
Montessori Botany Activities – Flower Activities for Kids
I am sure a lot of you know what Botany is already, but this is a time to share and a time to learn. Botany might be new to some people and I think starting with the definition really helps give a vision of what we are doing.
Botany, also called plant science or plant biology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who specializes in this field of study. – Wikipedia
Montessori Botany
Let’s get started!
Botany Books for Kids
We started our Botany study with a few of our favorite plant books:
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds
They also took 20 minutes to watch The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed (it’s free on Netflix)
A couple of great books for parents to be able to easily guide your children along with nature study learning is Pocketful of Pinecones and The Nature Connection.
Reading books, working with our botany cards and watching The Magic School Bus really opened up the world of Botany for the children. We are now becoming botanist in training.
Learning and Labeling the Parts of a Plant
Lovely Tulips – Grown and cared for by the children.
We took daily nature walks to explore the plants and flowers around our neighborhood.
Parts of a Flower Activity
An invitation to explore the parts of a plant
They made their own plant out of the parts collected and labeled it.
Great Botany Printables:
The Helpful Garden has an amazing set of Botany Cards (some of them are shown in the above pictures).
Montessori for Everyone has a wonderful free booklet All About Plants.
I love these Nature Study Notebooking Pages for Plants and Trees Study from Notebooking Pages.
Seed and Plant Matching Cards from Montessori Print Shop.
Great set of Lesson Plans and Cards from Montessori Services
Don’t forget to pick up a nature journal. My children each have one and absolutely love to use them regularly.
Our favorites are from eeboo, they are so pretty and glow in the dark. Take them with you on nature walks and trips to the park for an impromptu drawing session. Nature Journals are wonderful keepsakes and homeschool portfolios.
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April 26, 2016 at 11:38 pmThank you for linking up at “A Little Bird Told Me” Wednesday link party! You have been featured on Mama’s Happy Hive blog. 🙂
Marie says
October 13, 2015 at 11:21 amThis post is always so inspiring and beautiful! Thank you so much for linking up at the Learn & Play Link Up. Your post is featured this week on Christian Montessori Network!
Kimberly says
October 13, 2015 at 5:00 pmThank you so much!
Stacy says
April 22, 2015 at 10:22 pmStudying Botany soon! Thanks 🙂
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April 22, 2015 at 8:42 pmI would love to win such an amazing things wow!
Ana says
April 22, 2015 at 8:33 amIts Earth day, would be beautiful to celebrate it this way too… ana
Tiffany L. says
April 22, 2015 at 4:29 amI Love the cheerful flowers blooming on the hillsides.
Tiffany says
April 22, 2015 at 1:22 amI love spring when everything comes to life again!
Leslie says
April 21, 2015 at 11:45 pmI love spring with the warm sunny air and the bright green new growth on all the trees. Love finally being able to walk around without coats!!
Ashleigh says
April 21, 2015 at 10:46 pmFirst time to your site & glad you had a give away because it allowed me to follow all your social media pages much faster hehe!! 🙂 Love this, my daughter is always intrigued with nature and the “ting bug worlds”….quick question though… how old is your youngest? My daughter is 2.5 and I would love to start advancing her botany knowledge. 🙂
Kimberly says
April 22, 2015 at 1:24 amSo glad you joined me 🙂 My youngest is 2 1/2. She has been loving all of the flowers and nature walks. It’s a great age to start.
Adair says
April 21, 2015 at 6:08 pmMy favorite thing about spring is the amazement I experience year after year how life seems to spring forth from nowhere, how plants just know it’s time to sprout and I hope to instill this amazement in my five year old daughter through the use of materials such as these.
Eff says
April 21, 2015 at 2:56 pmI love the idea of rebuilding a flower from its parts. Thank you for sharing!
Andrea says
April 21, 2015 at 2:40 pmOh what a great giveaway! My favourite thing about Spring is all the new life that awakens once Winter is gone
Aaren says
April 20, 2015 at 10:27 pmMy favorite thing about spring are the flowers and planting seeds!
Vanda says
April 20, 2015 at 6:17 pmSunshine and flowers in bloom are the best part of spring!
Christy Clarkson says
April 20, 2015 at 2:47 pmI would SO LOVE to win this since I homeschool and since there’s Earth day celebrations the whole end of this month. Plus, we just started getting more into homesteading with gardening, so I bet the kids would be so into learning more about how plants grow with this kit! I would be SO GRATEFUL!
Cas says
April 20, 2015 at 2:41 pmPerfect timing! We’re diving into botany this week. 🙂
Jazz Slater says
April 20, 2015 at 2:18 pmGreat giveaway these kits look really cool.
Jazz Slater says
April 20, 2015 at 2:19 pmand our favorite thing is to finally have warm weather!
Lynn armstrong says
April 19, 2015 at 8:27 pmmy favorite part of spring is usually harvest. were in florida, so our planting and harvest seasons are a bit backwards to the rest of the US…we start in late september to middle october planting, and harvest starting in late february…growing season here ends in early may. but, with all this bounty and the production of seeds taking place, its STILL a great time to learn about botany! 😀
Elaine Goh says
April 19, 2015 at 7:39 pmI’ve been eyeing this for so long! I hope I win!!! What I love about Spring is the beautiful weather and the wonderful SMELL outdoors 🙂
Jennifer Tammy says
April 19, 2015 at 5:21 pmWow, this is such an amazing resource!
My favourite thing about Spring is the promise of Summer 😉
Annmarie W. says
April 19, 2015 at 1:54 pmThis spring, my favorite thing is that they’re installing a pool in our backyard!
Shannon F says
April 19, 2015 at 2:19 amMy favorite thing about Spring is the promise of warm weather headed our way. After a long Michigan winter, I beg for warm weather!
Alicia Jilling says
April 19, 2015 at 1:53 amWarm weather is coming!! And there’s nothing like a good spring thunderstorm!
Tiffany says
April 19, 2015 at 1:19 amI love the spring weather and the start of all the spring and summer festivals.
Bess says
April 18, 2015 at 8:42 pmWow! All the flower work is just beautiful. Very inspiring.
Jae says
April 18, 2015 at 8:16 pmI love how everyone participated in your botany activities! Mavi keeps a journal as well and I love the part where they assembled a new plant and identified the parts.
Kimberly says
April 18, 2015 at 11:54 pmThank you so much Jae.
Heidi says
April 18, 2015 at 2:41 pmI love all these ideas! Thanks for this great opportunity!
Danielle says
April 18, 2015 at 2:02 pmI love having flowers in the house again. That is what I love most about spring. My granddaughter loves to help pick & arrange them with me. This is a wonderful giveaway, Thank you for this opportunity! -Danielle
lisa howel says
April 18, 2015 at 12:53 pmGreat articls, love getting new information.
Lynn says
April 18, 2015 at 12:04 pmWonderful giveaway 🙂 my favorite thing about Spring is the excitement I see in my children’s eyes about everything coming alive and getting them outside on nature walks.
Shirley Gilchrist says
April 18, 2015 at 10:43 amThanks for all of the wonderful ideas and the printables.
The Montessori by Mom boxes sound like a wonderful enrichment opportunity.
anna says
April 18, 2015 at 2:01 amWow! What a genius idea! Thanks for the opportunity to win ♡
Holly says
April 17, 2015 at 9:11 pmThanks for the inspiration!
Marie says
April 17, 2015 at 5:54 pmI love the book ideas! And a giveaway! I LOVE Montessori by Mom!
The Natural Homeschool says
April 17, 2015 at 4:01 pmWhat a fun post! Lots of great ideas and pictures! I love the use of real flowers. 😉
Vanessa says
April 17, 2015 at 1:31 pmWow! Your tulips are gorgeous! I would love to know how you grew them that way. This whole unit study is wonderful! Love!
Renae says
April 17, 2015 at 9:28 amGreat post! I love the bright colors. Your tulips are beautiful!