Roundup of free botany materials for homeschools and classrooms; free plant printables for a variety of ages
This time of year is perfect for jumping into a study of botany. Here are some homeschool botany curriculum programs. You'll find something for every grade and budget.
Here is a round-up of our entire Montessori Botany Unit Study! Enroll in my Montessori Homeschool Preschool E-Course
Learn fantastic activities learning botany for kids. This post will get your learning outdoors and kids energized to want to learn more!
I recently began incorporating botany into my Montessori-inspired hands-on learning activities for my homeschooled children. It’s been a wonderful way to connect them with the natural world and foster their […]
Looking for fall-themed STE(A)M? Excite your child's learning in botany, engineering, and art! Make DIY natural paintbrushes and use them for a fall-themed tape resist art project.
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See how we dissected a flower and displayed it to learn about the parts of a flower as part of our preschool botany lessons.
Get up close with the photosynthesis process by painting with chlorophyll. This STEM chlorophyll science lesson will be memorable for all.
Learn how to integrate art into your plant science activities by having students make chlorophyll paintings. Similar to leaf rubbings, this simple science based art project is a fun and creative extension for teaching kids about photosynthesis.
Whether looking at the trees with shelf-like mushroom growths, staring at the mold that has developed far too soon on the loaf of bread in your cupboard, or being amused by the caterpillar while reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, one thing is clear, there is fungus among us! For the Love of Homeschooling is ready to explore that fungus with our Nature Study Club explorers!You can so DIY projects like this terrarium below - you can find this in our Senior and Explorer Workbooks.Join us for
Practice 2D shapes with this cactus-themed matching game! Simply download, print, & laminate the shape matching game, & you're ready for some hands-on learning.
The Montessori cultural curriculum includes lessons on geography, botany, zoology, science, art, and music.
Kids will be WOWED with this hands-on, fall science experiment where they will explore Why do Leaves Change Color for kids! Fun Leaf Activity!
Exploring Creation with Botany makes studying nature and plants fun and exciting. Exploring Creation with Botany was one of the first books in the Young Explorer Series. Description of Exploring Creation with Botany (from Apologia website): In this award-winning homeschool elementary science curriculum, Exploring Creation with Botany presents a scientifically sound and God-honoring study of botany for grades...
Seed, the characteristic reproductive body of both angiosperms and gymnosperms. Essentially, a seed consists of a miniature undeveloped plant (the embryo), which, alone or in the company of stored food, is surrounded by a protective coat. Learn more about seed characteristics, dispersal, and germination.
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Help kids learn more about seeds with this science investigation. Observe and compare the properties of different kinds of seeds.
Enhance your children's learning of Bible stories with these free Bible coloring pages from the Old and New Testaments.
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It's February and there's about ten inches of snow in my yard right now, but we're just wrapping up our study of plants. The middle of winter might not be the ideal time to learn about plants, but that's what my kiddos asked to learn about. So, plants it was! Over the next several posts,
Share Wildflower Ramblings!{This post may contain affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.} My favorite activity, of all time, is taking walks on the trails with my family. I love being out in nature, getting some exercise, and sometimes just being silent. Lately, my son has taken to running the trails with me. We run ahead...
With water, coffee filters, markers, and the free Leaf Template, kids can make a colorful Leaf Craft with this COOL and CREATIVE art project with a STEAM twist.
Free printable animal classification and sorting activity into four categories: fish, mammals, insects and birds.
This post has a leaves shapes botany 3-part cards free including orbiculate, ovate, elliptical, cordate, lanceolate, spatulate, reniform, and more.
Go on a nature walk, gather some lovely leaves, and make some chalk resist leaf rubbings with this low-prep STEAM experiment!
What a busy week! I can’t believe it is only Thursday! Well we’ve been up to our elbows in plants this week. Here’s a peek at what’s been “sproutin”” in our classroom! To kick off our seeds and plants unit, we’ve been using The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (You can check out this special […]
Enjoy these FREE Resources on Birds! You will find printables, unit studies, and more! FREE Nature Study: Birds ~ Notebooking Pages Incorporate this set of 50 notebooking pages into any study about birds! FREE Bird Call Memory Game with Audio This freebie includes high quality recordings along with pictures that can be matched up to the audio recordings. FREE - First Lessons in Nature Study First Lessons in Nature Study is a beginning guide for parents to enjoy Nature Study with their children. This is published by Living Books Curriculum. FREE Bird Match-Up and Memory Game LivingMontessoriNow.com has a huge list of free resources, crafts and more to teach all about birds as well as a FREE Bird Match-Up and Memory Game. BIG list of FREE Bird Resources, Printables, & More! Find unit studies, bird printables, bird watching websites, and more here! FREE Baby Birds Preschool Pack Learn all about the letter “N” and MORE with this pack appropriate for ages 3-5. Birds: Robins! Mini Helper A short 15 page unit study all about Robins! Natureglo's eScience FREE Bird Workshops FREE Class that teaches bird flight mechanics and an intro to migration.
Planting and growing a beanstalk using lima beans in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Perfect for a Jack and the Beanstalk theme!
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I am linking up again with Teaching With Nancy's weekly linky - TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Free! Be sure to head over to her blog to pick up some more free stuff! We are finishing up our unit on plants and here are the greenhouses that we made. I have seen similar designs on Pinterest and decided to create one that we could use. Let me pause here to say - SEEDS ARE AMAZING! I forgot to buy bean seeds and remembered that I had pinto beans in my sensory bins! So I just grabbed some from the bins!!! And they grew!!! AMAZING! And did you know that you can use dry bean soup mix from the store to sprout? Here are the seeds on Day 1. And on Day 11. I love planting in plastic bags, because we are able to see all the plant parts! You can grab the Greenhouse pattern and directions below! Just click on the cover thumbnail! ***If you are having trouble accessing the file, please try using a non-work, non-school related account.***
Find over 200 of The Best Preschool Themes and Preschool Lesson Plans, Whether you need ideas for alphabet activities, 100th Day of School. All About Me, Apples, Transportation Theme, Beach theme, Fall Theme, Spring themes, Fall Leaves. Farm, Feelings. Use thematic unit studies to engage children in learning. Themes for Preschool and Kindergarten, Tons of Pre-K activities and Preschool Topics
Easy Ways to Teach Montessori Culture with Free Printables, Continent Boxes, Multicultural Books and Activities including Zoology, Science, Botany, Geography, History, Art and Music
Did you know that pine cones play a huge role in nature? Our Parts of a Pine Cone worksheets are the perfect way to introduce their special features. Plus, we give you some fun facts for kids!
FREE Science printables for kids to learn about the organs inside our bodies. Hands-on learning with puzzles and matching, perfect for young kids, even preschool or kindergarten!
We have just uploaded our British Tree Leaves guide to our website, just in time for the weekend to get out and see how many you can find! It is FREE to download and can be printed up to A3 in size - click here to be taken to the resources page to download. It covers many of the more familiar tree species and families, like Oak, Sycamore, Ash and Sweet Chestnut, but also some other species encountered in suburban areas like Grey Poplar, Rowan and Lime. Whilst there are many more species and vari
Get ready! It is time to discover the pollinating superheroes! I introduce to you Powerful Pollinators—part of my Summer Camp at Home Big Kid Edition! This is a fun, engaging science unit study that combines science and environmental education—perfect to get you outside and observe pollinators in action. This unit study, like all of our
