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You are invited to download the tomato plant pack – learning printables for preschool and kindergarten children. Use this resource with clear true-to-life images and photographs to create hands-on botany activities for your students. Children will learn stages of the tomato plant life cycle, and parts of the tomato plant, practice sequencing skills and work to improve their concentration and fine motor skills. This resource will come in handy if you are planning to do gardening with your students in your Montessori and early childhood classroom.
Getting children to grow their food even if it’s just in a plant pot is one of the best ways to get them excited about nourishing their developing bodies with nutritious vegetables. If planting tomatoes with your students is on your to-do list this May, I invite you to download this new freebie with tomato life cycle and parts of a tomato plant posters. Children will work on their sequencing skills, and practice tracing and coloring activities that prepare little hands for writing and help to improve fine motor.
When exploring gardening with your children you might like to give some of these hands-on activities a go:
- Watch a video about gardening and plant life cycles. Sew plant life cycle.
- Prepare a vegetable salad with ingredients of the children’s choice.
- Explore the food pyramid and gather examples of everyday foods and treats for children to sort.
- Invite the students to cut up a tomato, and gather magnifying glasses, paper, and pencils for children to explore the seeds and record their observations.
- Make pizza from scratch.
This resource contains a tomato plant life cycle poster, worksheet, 3-part cards, and parts of tomato plant printables.
HERE IS WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Tomato plant life cycle poster
- Tomato plant life cycle 3 part cards
- Tomato plant life cycle coloring, cutting, and pasting worksheet
- Tomato plant life cycle tracing strips
- Parts of a tomato plant poster
- Parts of a tomato plant poster minus labels
- Parts of a tomato plant labels
- Parts of a tomato plant tracing
Age: Preschool ages 3 – 6 years
Subjects and uses in the classroom: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Gardening, Nature Table, Science Centers, Fine motor, Prewriting
How to Use:
Parts of a tomato plant – Gather books on the plant life cycle and gardening 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. Velco will come in especially handy if you decide to take your work outdoors. Having an additional challenge for little fingers is always welcomed when working with young children!
Present the poster – name all parts and invite the students to share their thoughts on the various functions of each part. Then read each label and invite the student to match it to the corresponding part of the tomato plant.
Life cycle poster – print on cardstock and laminate. Present all stages of the tomato plant life cycle. Invite the children to retell them or tell their own story that features all the stages.
Tomato plant life cycle 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.
Tomato plant 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.
Tomato plant tracing 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 slide them into plastic pockets.
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