Montessori Sunflower Unit Study All About Sunflowers Themed Learning
These sunflower lesson plans and activities will excite children of all ages! Check out this beautiful printable Montessori sunflower unit study to learn about sunflowers while building important early math and literacy skills. These activities include exciting sunflower science experiments, fine motor activities, 3 part cards, sunflower life cycle activities, and more.
Sunflower Unit Study
I can’t wait to show you all the sunflower-themed fun you can have in your classroom or homeschool this year! Keep reading to discover all the sunflower activities you can do with kindergartners using this printable Montessori sunflower unit study in the classroom and at home.
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Sunflower Unit Study Activity Bundle – Montessori and Charlotte Mason Inspired
This Sunflower Pack with learning printables is great for preschool and kindergarten children through elementary learning. Use these hands on learning resources with true-to-life images and photographs to create fun sunflower activities for your students (children).
Whether you are doing a Flower Unit Study during Fall, Summer and/or Spring.
Children will learn the stages of the sunflower life cycle and the parts of a sunflower, practice sequencing, and math skills, and work to improve their concentration and fine motor skills.
Printable resources, such as 3-part cards, information cards, and sequencing, can help children learn about the life cycle, parts, and different types of sunflowers.
Some benefits of using these resources include improving visual recognition skills, expanding vocabulary, and promoting independent learning.
Using these resources, children can develop a deeper understanding of the world around them and foster a love for nature.
Printable materials provide a convenient and inexpensive way for teachers and parents to engage children in exciting educational activities.
Sunflower Lesson Plans
This digital file contains 30 pages and includes the following activities
- Alphabet Dot Page
- Handwriting Pages
- Sunflower Poetry with Copywork
- Life Cycle of a Sunflower with Control Card
- Sunflower Sequencing
- Sunflower 3 part cards
- Sunflower Math Puzzles with skip counting puzzles
- Sunflower Count and Clip cards
- Sunflower adding and subtracting cards
- Sunflower Ten Frame Cards
- Sunflower Coloring Pages
Sunflower Montessori Theme Ideas
Sunflower Life Cycle For Kindergarten and Kids of All Ages
Sunflowers have an interesting life cycle with seven stages. Exploring the sunflower life cycle together is a great way to teach your kids all about observation, stages in the life cycle, and the natural world.
Do you have any sunflowers nearby? If so, this would be a great time to visit them.
Spend time observing these tall flowers and talking about what you see. Children will build strong observation skills while learning about sunflowers in a hands-on way.
Then, use the printable sunflower life cycle for kindergarteners, included in this printable sunflower lesson plan, to help your kids identify, label, and sequence the different stages in the sunflower life cycle.
Montessori Sunflower Unit Study
Montessori learning focuses on self-motivated growth through hands-on exploration. In this Montessori sunflower unit study, your kindergartners will explore sunflowers with fun, hands-on learning activities that help teach science, math, literacy, and more.
Check out some of the sunflower activities I’ve included:
Sunflower Activities For Building Literacy
This Montessori sunflower unit study offers many great opportunities for building early literacy skills with your kindergartners. Children can build literacy skills in kindergarten through read-aloud, poetry, and copywork.
Here’s what you’ll find in this writing printable no-prep sunflower lesson plan:
- “S is for Sunflower” Letter S Writing Practice
- Copywork Practice: Sunflower, Seeds, Plant
- Ah Sunflower a poem by William Blake
- Ah Sunflower Writing Printable
Reading great books together is one of my favorite ways to build literacy skills with kids of all ages. Reading aloud to kids is a fantastic way to help them build vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and fall in love with the magic of books.
Check out some of our favorite sunflower books to read together:
Sunny Life Cycle of a Sunflower by Tassia Schreiner
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Van Gogh and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt
Sun Flower Lion by Kevin Henkes
These stories are fun for all ages with lessons about famous artists like Van Gogh, the life cycle of sunflowers, and important social-emotional lessons too. I hope your kids love them as much as mine did.
Sunflower Activities For Building Math Skills
This sunflower unit also includes a lot of fun, hands-on activities for building important early math skills. In kindergarten, children learn to count, sequence numbers, and practice simple addition and subtraction.
Check out the sunflower activities that are included in this Montessori inspired unit study to help your children build math skills at home and in the classroom:
- Sunflower Sequencing Cards
- Number Puzzles with Sunflowers
- Sunflower Count & Clip Cards
- Sunflower Equation Cards
- Ten Frames with Sunflowers
All About Sunflowers Unit Study Material
Along with the sunflower life cycle, there are other opportunities for kindergartners to explore science using sunflowers.
Try planting your own sunflower seeds and watching them grow. It’s a great way to experience the sunflower’s life cycle firsthand!
Also, kids can learn about what makes plants grow and how to care for a garden.
Sunflower Coloring Pages
Included in this printable Montessori sunflower unit study, you’ll find two sunflower coloring pages for your kindergartners to enjoy. Coloring is fun for kids on a rainy day or keeping little hands busy during read alouds.
Plus, coloring is an excellent way for children to build fine motor skills and concentration. As they work to fill in the shapes on the pages, they build finger muscles, practice pencil grasping, and make the pre-writing strokes they’ll use to form letters and numbers later.
Sunflower Seed Art
Check out this adorable, easy sunflower craft you can do with your kids at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to build fine motor skills and creativity and explore sunflower seeds, too.
Collect sunflower seeds from a sunflower field with your kids for more learning fun. Then, use the found seeds to make this cute sunflower seed art project.
Check out this easy sunflower seed art project for instructions and a list of supplies.
In addition to building fine motor skills while manipulating sunflower seeds, your kindergartners can practice painting and stamping for a fun sunflower art project, too.
Exploring Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Van Gogh is one of the world’s most famous painters. He’s best known for creating emotional works that feel personal. You can learn about Van Gogh with your kindergartners in the book Van Gogh and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt. His sunflower painting is one of his most famous.
Once you’ve learned about Van Gogh and his sunflowers, try recreating your own version of his masterpiece at home with your kids.
Sunflower STEAM Project
Finally, you’ll love this sunflower STEAM project. STEAM projects combine science, technology, engineering, art, and math. You can add this fun STEAM sunflower activity to your unit study for all kinds of learning fun.
For this sunflower STEAM activity, you’ll need green pipe cleaners, homemade playdough, and sunflower seeds. You’ll be using these simple tools to create your own 3D sunflower sculptures. Check out this homemade playdough recipe to use with this project and others.
First, form a circle for the center of your sunflower and several petals using the playdough. Then, make a stem and leaves using pipe cleaners. Once you’ve attached the stem, leaves, center, and petals, fill in the center using your sunflower seeds.
Each child’s sunflower STEAM project will look a bit different, and that’s okay. No two sunflowers look the same in nature, after all.
Talk about the elements all sunflowers share using what you’ve learned with my printable Montessori sunflower unit study as a guide.
What fun projects and sunflower activities do you have planned for your children this year?
Share your sunflower lesson plans and ideas in the comments. I can’t wait to read them!
Sunflower Themed Activities
Learn All About Sunflowers
The Best Sunflower Unit and Lesson Plans
Alphabet Dot Page
Handwriting Pages
Sunflower Poetry with Copywork
Life Cycle of a Sunflower with Control Card
Sunflower Sequencing
Sunflower 3 part cards
Sunflower Math Puzzles with skip counting puzzles
Sunflower Count and Clip cards
Sunflower adding and subtracting cards
Sunflower Ten Frame Cards
Sunflower Coloring Pages
