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You are invited to download the Sunflower Printables with learning printables for preschool and kindergarten children. Use this resource with clear true-to-life images and photographs to create hands-on fall-themed activities for your students or when exploring autumn flowers.
Children will learn the stages of the sunflower life cycle, and parts of a sunflower, practice sequencing skills, and work to improve their concentration and fine motor skills.
This resource contains a sunflower life cycle poster, worksheet, 3-part cards, and parts of a sunflower printable.
Here is what’s included:
- Sunflower life cycle poster
- Sunflower life cycle 3 part cards
- Sunflower life cycle coloring, cutting, and pasting worksheet
- Sunflower life cycle tracing strips
- Parts of a Sunflower poster
- Parts of a Sunflower 3 part cards
- Parts of a Sunflower booklet (independent writing)
- Parts of a Sunflower poster minus labels
- Parts of a Sunflower labels
- Parts of a Sunflower tracing & independent writing
Age: Preschool ages 3 – 6 years
Subjects and uses in the classroom: Flowers, Autumn, Plant Life Cycle, Nature Table, Science Centers, Fine motor, Prewriting
How to use this resource:
Parts of a Sunflower – Gather books about sunflowers for children to explore. Print posters and label cards on cardstock and laminate. Cut individual label cards. Attach clear velcro to the poster without labels and label cards.
Present the poster – name all parts and invite the students to share their thoughts on the various functions of each part and make their own research. Then read each label and invite the student to match it to the corresponding part of the sunflower.
Life cycle poster – print on cardstock and laminate. Present all stages of the sunflower life cycle. Invite the children to retell the stages or tell their own story that features all the stages.
get THE LIFE CYCLE FIGURINES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS HERE
Sunflower life cycle and Parts of a Sunflower 3- part cards – Print on cardstock and laminate if you wish to preserve colors and card quality for future use. Place picture cards in a column and invite the children to match the picture to the picture and the word to the word. Present control cards and invite the child to lay the stages of the cycle in the correct order.
Sunflower life cycle line art – supply scissors, glue, and coloring pencils. Invite the student to color and cut cards and glue them into the correct sequence.
Sunflower tracing/labeling and coloring worksheets – print on cardstock and laminate. Supply an erasable pen. Invite the child to trace the words and color corresponding images. Alternatively, print pages on regular printing paper and invite the child to trace or label parts of a sunflower and sunflower life cycle.
You might like to invite the students to compare the life cycle of a sunflower with other plants.
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