Flowers and Plants — The Living World Around Us
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Preparation Time
- 5 minutes
- Group Size
- Small group
Learning Objective
Child observes, names, and describes flowers and plants — beginning awareness of the living natural world
Materials Required
- Real flowers — 2–3 different types
- A small potted plant
Teaching Steps
- 1
Look at this flower — what do you notice?
- 2
Touch the petal — how does it feel? Smell it — does it have a smell?
- 3
What colour are the petals? What shape are the leaves?
- 4
Is this flower alive? How do we know?
- 5
What does a plant need to stay alive? Water, sunlight, and soil!
Questions to Ask
- Look at this flower — what do you notice?
- Touch the petal — how does it feel? Smell it — does it have a smell?
- What colour are the petals? What shape are the leaves?
- Is this flower alive? How do we know?
- What does a plant need to stay alive? Water, sunlight, and soil!
Teacher Notes
Observe whether child uses any plant vocabulary spontaneously (petal, stem, leaf) and can state one thing a plant needs.
Extension / Enrichment
Support: SLOT PACK — Core (10–12 min): observe real flower/plant — name parts. Practice (6–8 min): outdoor or window look if possible. Extension (5–7 min): plant a seed or water a class plant. Close (2 min): one living-thing word. Extend: Living vs non-living sort with a stone and a leaf.
Assessment
Observe whether child uses any plant vocabulary spontaneously (petal, stem, leaf) and can state one thing a plant needs.
Home Connection
Point out flowers and plants on any walk. This flower is alive — it grows, needs water, and has roots underground. Nature science in everyday moments.
Suggested printables
- •Flowers / Plants — Teacher Instruction (real objects) · worksheet
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