Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

SHARE:


Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool. Fine motor, gross motor, science, field trip, snack, and more! Perfect amount of activities for one week of EASY home preschool.

Flower week!  We completed loads of fun activities this week! Since we've all been a bit under the weather this week, it was a good time to stay in and keep things low-key.  Preschoolers could spend a whole month learning about flowers and completing flower activities-- here's a few choices!

If you regularly do preschool using weekly themes, be sure to check out Over 30 COMPLETE Weekly Preschool Theme Units that we've completed as well as my entire list of 52 Weekly Preschool ThemesYou may also want to check out of Daily Home Preschool Schedule and this handy FREE Printable Preschool Planning Page.

This post may contain Amazon or other affiliate links.  If you use these links, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.   Click here for my full privacy and disclosure policies.


Dandelion Flower Craft 


Dandelion flower painting craft, using forks

Using a fork and yellow paint, make simple dandelions!

Tiny Seed Flower Craft



Lena has always loved to paint a single sheet of paper in a solid color.  Any time we paint, we end up with several sheets of paper painted solid (usually red).  Painting in the style of Eric Carle was a natural fit for this particular painting preference, so after we read The Tiny Seed we made this beautiful flower craft.  Sure enough, she loved it, and it ended up being one of the best pieces of art that she's produced!  She's planning to give it to her dad for Father's Day.

Sensory


Flower theme sensory box with black beans, pots, and play flowers

Sensory bins are such a fun option for little ones.  I prepared this box at the beginning of the week, and it has been played with every single day this week.  For this one, I used black beans (for dirt), tiny flower pots (made from natural coconut fiber, and very inexpensive-- I found mine in the floral department of our local craft store) and a play set of flowers. I added spoons and scoops, a funnel, and tongs.  The girls not only planted flowers, but they used the beans for all other kinds of imaginative play.

Math


pom poms on flower number card for math activity

I made these little number and flower stem cards to help Maggie practice her counting.  She helped pick out some sparkly pompoms at the store this week, and I just had her place one pompom on each stem.  Then we counted together.  She had to have all the pompoms be the same color, silly girl!

Spatial


Flower pattern blocks

Lena made flowers using pattern blocks.  I love pattern blocks for the way they help with fine motor, spatial ability, counting, color and shape recognition, and so much more.  We used pattern sheets from Moms Have Questions Too, from Jessica, and from PreKinders.

The pattern blocks we use are these, from Learning Resources.  I had wanted them for a long time before I finally bought them, but I'm glad that I finally did.  The girls use them several times a week, either for 'official' school, or for their imaginative play.  They most often become soup, poured into a big pot and stirred around, but they have also been acorns, sprinkles, pizza toppings, and seeds.

Science


Have a flower exploration.  Pick a few flowers from your yard (or buy a bunch from the grocery store) then set up a little tray with your flowers, a magnifying glass, scissors, drawing paper and colored pencils.  Let your little ones explore the flowers, and point out the different parts.

Fine Motor


transferring marbles with tongs for flower theme week

I made some quick flower dot pages, then set the girls up with little bowls of flat marbles.  Lena used tongs to transfer the marbles to the dots on her page.  Maggie just used her fingers.  The tongs are great to develop little muscles in hands and fingers.  After Maggie finished her page, I helped her to count the number of marbles, working on one-to-one-correspondance (she can rote count very well, but is still getting the hang of actual counting).

Transferring marbles with tongs for flower theme week

flower theme marble magnet activity, good for fine motor

After they'd used the plain marbles for a while, I got out our magnet marbles (just hot glue magnets onto the back of marbles!) and our 'play' baking pan and let them do the same activity with marbles.  Apparently this was the first time Maggie has gotten to use the magnets, and she loved it!  I could see her working to get the magnets in just the right place, feeling how they were attracted to the pan.

Snack


Flower snack

How cute are these tiny little flower sandwiches?  I used a set of little cookie cutters and just put them to work on the girls' lunch one day.  Cute, easy, and perfect for flower week!

Picture Books


Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

By far, our favorite book this week was Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.  It tells the story of old Miss Rumphius, who lives an adventurous life and then in her old age plants lots of lupine seeds in order to make the world more beautiful.  I saw it on a book recommendation list, and ordered it to use.  As I thumbed through it I was initially disappointed.  I loved the drawings, but the text seemed like it might be too long and not quite captivating enough for the girls.  But they have loved it, and it has been the first book that Lena has picked to read together each morning.  I love when books surprise me like this!  After several readings, I've come to enjoy it as well, and appreciate it for its slower pace and thoughtful text.

Books used for flower theme- weekly home preschool

Other flower books we enjoyed this week were:

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Miss Maple's Seeds by Eliza Wheeler
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

TV

Wings of Life- shown as part of flower theme preschool

Disneynature's Wings of Life is an amazing movie about flowers, pollen, and the little critters that help pollenate all over the world.  You may be surprised at how this kind of movie can hold your little one's attention span.  My girls sat captivated during the whole thing (it probably helped a little that they were sick!), and mom and dad were able to enjoy it, too!  I love opportunities to show my kids images of the real world, rather than cartoons.

Field Trip


Find a public garden to visit!  In our town, there are botanical gardens and University gardens.  We were planning to visit, but weren't able to this week.  Even if there are no public gardens in your town, take a walk around the block or to any public place where there is landscaping and take a look at the flowers.  Identify what you can, and show your kids how to find out what the other varieties are.

To see more fun flower ideas, be sure to follow Cutting Tiny Bites on Pinterest, or just check out the flower themed board below.



You May Be Also Interested In:

Tissue Paper Flower

From Other Great Bloggers: 

Planting Flowers Alphabet Activity from Mom Inspired Life 
Sorting Parts Of A Flower from Munchkins And Moms 
Giant Flower Collage from Crafty Kids At Home 
Build A Flower Letter Sounds Sort from This Reading Mama 


Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool. Fine motor, gross motor, science, field trip, snack, and more! Perfect amount of activities for one week of EASY home preschool.



https://www.facebook.com/WhatCanWeDoWithPaperAndGlue/
 https://www.pinterest.com/paperglue/
https://www.instagram.com/whatcanwedowithpaperandglue/
http://madmimi.com/signups/125528/join

Name

activity animals art author back to school bears bees bird black history book extension book list books budget butterfly cats chalk chapter books children christmas cinco de mayo circus coins colors construction cookie craft crafts culture curriculum dentist different dinosaurs discovery table diy doctor dogs dolls Earth Day easter elementary fabric fall family family theme farm fathers day fine motor first grade five senses flowers food france fruit game geography gift gift guide gross motor grownup halloween healthy history homeschool ideas independence day insect insects invitation jungle keepsake kids kindergarten kindness kinesthetic learning lego letter of the week literacy lunch math menu resource mothers day music my body nature numbers obstacle course ocean organization origami ornament outer space painting paper parenting play play dough pops preschool preschool resource pretend printable process art pumpkin quiet time rainbows reading roundup recipe recycle Roundup science season second grade sensory Seuss sewing shapes snack snacks soup spanish spring st. patrick's day summer sweet bite Thanksgiving toddler toys transportation trees tutorial united states valentine vegetarian washi tape weather weekly theme winter yarn
false
ltr
item
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue: Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool
Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool
Flower Theme- Weekly Home Preschool. Fine motor, gross motor, science, field trip, snack, and more! Perfect amount of activities for one week of EASY home preschool.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXrGphhTjyeGcMJ1DuPWTNbtwurNh6TfarvLYGFtslPp9m7eNbHvkah_tnUSX-3PKwcjTsQanN-HeZi3AwnRnw-SoB-tgU3c-AjTncC7QI8FGO1BXab_FUoSVHU_eCwt7DY0HmlFuaZdq/s640/Flower-Theme-Preschool.png
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXrGphhTjyeGcMJ1DuPWTNbtwurNh6TfarvLYGFtslPp9m7eNbHvkah_tnUSX-3PKwcjTsQanN-HeZi3AwnRnw-SoB-tgU3c-AjTncC7QI8FGO1BXab_FUoSVHU_eCwt7DY0HmlFuaZdq/s72-c/Flower-Theme-Preschool.png
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2014/06/flower-theme-weekly-home-preschool.html?m=0
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/?m=0
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2014/06/flower-theme-weekly-home-preschool.html
true
2983766635568173784
UTF-8
Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS CONTENT IS PREMIUM Please share to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy