Six different learning resources featuring life cycles of plants, animals and insects for kids in grades Kinder, first, second.
Try this fun pollination STEM activity for students to make a craft stick model bee then simulate pollination using mac and cheese powder!
I walked through Wal-Mart yesterday for a few things and was so excited to see the back-to-school supplies were out! Well, the part about school being back in session soon didn't get me excited. It was more the bin full of 25 cent glue sticks. I loaded up on glue sticks, rulers, pencil holders, pens, and pencil sharpeners. I had to get some pool noodles too because I saw Kelly's Throwback Thursday post about using pool noodles as tens and ones for place value. It's linky time again! Click the picture to visit the Ten Linky orginial post. This is a complete side note, but is anyone else having trouble with some of their boards disappearing? This has happened to me more than once. In the middle of creating this post, my science board disappeared. The number of my followers also changed (by about 20). So I made breakfast, did a little bit of laundry, went back to Pinterest and it still isn't there. What?? Some of the science pictures might not work, but you can click on the link below the picture that takes you to the source. Source: Life in First Grade One of our very first social studies units is tall tales. I always struggle to find things that fit into this category that are fun and age appropriate. Paul and his big blue ox, Babe, are always a favorite! Source: Fun 2B in First I had the hardest time finding things for John Henry. This is a free download and it fits the needs of my students perfectly. My students loved this visual aid! It's another freebie. This was one of the first things I made back in December. It's a big hit in my TPT. I hung them up in my room and my students were interested in seeing the different types of landforms. Goes along great with the landforms posters! Even better that it's part of a giveway today! Julie from First Grade Critter Cafe is hosting a giveaway in celebration of her blogging anniversary. If you've ever emailed back and forth with Julie you know how sweet and full of life she is! She also has some AMAZING art projects on her blog. Click the picture below to head straight to the giveaway. Continuing on with the pins... Source: First Grade Wow Great writing connection when you are studying about animals. "If I had animal teeth..." Source: Squished Ideas for Preschool Interactive way to learn the life cycle of an insect! Source: First Grade Wow Great activity to introduce living/nonliving! Except I would have to touch a real worm. Gag!! I have tons more science ideas, but that darn Pinterest isn't working! ***** Amber from School is a Happy Place has a great post about being a no reply blogger. Honestly, I didn't even realize I was when I first started blogging. Click on the picture (isn't it cute??) to visit her blog and make sure you are not a "no reply blogger!" Picture by Amber
Grass heads are a fantastic hands-on project if you're looking to teach kids about the plant life cycle, especially the grass life cycle. Not only are
Do you teach about plants and their life cycle during the Spring? This is one of my favorite units to teach. The students love anything scie...
Life cycle of a plant (bean and sunflower), photosynthesis activities, parts of a flower, types of seeds, seed dispersal, and much more.
Here is a list of fun ideas about life cycles of plants and animals. I love using these life cycle activities for kids in my class!
Read about how we turned our hallway into a life cycle garden and displayed all of our life cycle activities during a Spring Open House. Students learned and wrote about the life cycles of butterflies, frogs, and plants!
Engage your class in an exciting hands-on experience learning all about plants! Plants Unit (PowerPoint, Lessons, Printables) is perfect for classrooms!
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on and engaging plant unit that incorporates writing, literacy skills and science? Plants is perfect for your spring themes. This unit is based around essential questions with vocabulary cards with real pictures, anchor charts to reinforce concepts, labels for sorting, observations, science experiments and fun hands on craftivities that students will love! I have even included a sample lesson plan to demonstrate how to implement the activities. You will find everything you need for a complete plant unit!
Free chicken life cycle wheel craft! This interactive learning tool is perfect for kids as they study animal life cycles in the Spring.
Discover creative plant STEM activities for kids to design and make simple models of water plant adaptations. Teaching ideas and hands-on activities for students learning about plant needs, habitats, and ecosystems in 2nd grade science.
Find easy to do life cycle projects for plants, butterflies, and frogs for teaching about plants and animals.
Free printable activities for the life cycle of a bee, including Montessori 3-part cards and a life cycle mat. Great for a preschool insect unit.
Next time you need hands-on plant activities, check out this post where I walk you through a variety of activities for teaching the needs of plants, the parts of plants and their functions, photosynthesis, a plant's life cycle, pollination, plant cells, chlorophyll, plant adaptations, and so much more! Click through to learn more!
Kids LOVE making hats! Each spring, my kindergarten class spends a couple weeks focusing on life cycles. We learn about the life cycle ...
Learn how animals are born and grow with these animal life cycle projects and activities - ideas for crafts & experiments for preschool and elementary age kids!
Before diving into a plants unit or animals unit, I think it’s good to spend a little time exploring living vs. non-living. This helps learners have a clear understanding of how living things work. And that’s exactly what this free living vs non-living learning pack can help you do. By the way, you may also like ... Read More about Living vs Non-Living Learning Pack
Find wonderful resources for teaching Life Cycles to your primary students including activities, book suggestions, and no-prep products.
Could you use a simple, no-prep hands-on science activity for your elementary students? This FREE Insects, Worms, Snails & Spiders Life Cycles Cut & Paste unit is a fun activity that they can work on for hours (but won’t take you hours to prepare). Want A FREEBIE? We have a FREE download of the Insects,...
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To wrap up our animal unit, we learned all about insects and life cycles! I used activities from my Insect/Life cycle unit if you are interested! We had already learned about insects back in kindergarten so we reviewed insects and did a sort in our science journals. The kids remembered lots of great characteristics such as six legs, three body parts, lays eggs, etc. They also remembered that a spider is not an insect! We then read books on insects and learned facts about different insects we were interested in. The kids then wrote 2 or 3 facts in their own insect books. They really enjoyed going to our classroom library to read insect books to use to find facts. Yay for research! :) To move on to life cycles, we started with the life cycle of a butterfly. In their science journals the kids illustrated the missing stage (pupa) and labeled all the stages. We also talked about the life cycle of a frog and did a similar activity but I forgot to take a picture! :) After talking about animal life cycles, we talked about how we have a life cycle also. The kids illustrated their own "I Grow and Change" books: At the beginning of the second week of our unit, I sent home a note asking parents to send in three pictures with their student (one of their child as a baby, one of them as a toddler and one of them now). I even showed them baby/toddler/kid pictures of myself and they LOVED THEM! I included some below so you could see :) I was so cute....what happened?? haha :) On Thursday, we used these pictures to write stories of what we were like at each stage of our life. The kids wrote what they looked like and could do at each age and drew a picture of the photograph they brought. Then they wrote a story about that time in their life. Here are a few examples: The kids really enjoyed learning about life cycles! We raised caterpillars last year so I didn't do it again....I wish I had taken pictures! I will try to remember to do that next year! :) We are about done with our Texas unit so I will have that up soon! And believe it or not we only have 9 school days left so we are right in the middle of our countdown to summer fun! Stay tuned for pictures!
Learn about the life cycle of a plant, life cycles of animals, and so much more with these engaging Life Cycle Activities for Kids!
Our plant and animal cell worksheets include the perfect visuals for your animal cell project in Grade 6. Animal cell poster ideas are here!
Pre-K books to read. Best Animal Life Cycle books for Pre-K and Kindergarten. A book list about animal life cycles for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Age appropriate books for kids about life cycles.
Life Cycle Activities for Kids - spring is the best time to study life cycle in bugs, animals or plants, your kids will love seeing how they grow.
See unique and creative plant life cycle activities and teaching ideas with hands-on plant needs experiments for kids.
These life cycle worksheets are perfect for learning about life cycles with kids while exploring the natural world and practicing putting events in order.
FREE Frog Printables Pack
My family absolutely loves anything to do with nature. Before we were even formally schooling my toddlers and preschoolers were out in our butterfly garden plants hunting for a chrysalis and picking caterpillars off of our milkweed to put in jars to watch them transform.
Hands-on life-cycle activities featuring a variety of plant and animal life cycles; Montessori-inspired life-cycle activities for home or classroom!
Bring your study of life cycles to life and create a print-rich environment. They include word for both plant and animal life cycles. Use these word cards for your word wall or writing center. There are also 3 extension activities included. Includes: 35 word cards Plant/Animal Life Sort Vocabulary recording page I Spy Class Game Happy Life Cycle Studies, Rita
There’s a Robin’s nest that we often pass on our walks and today the babies were hatched. I realized that the kids didn’t know that eggs hatch into baby birds so I created this L…
Use these life cycle worksheets for kids to explore insect, plant and animal life cycles with your kids and have fun doing it too!
