Sunflower Life Cycle Counting Mats
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These sunflower life cycle counting mats are a fun way to review the stages of the life cycle while working on one-to-one correspondence and counting.
When you teach preschoolers about life cycles, you help them understand the world around them as they connect with nature. These playdough counting mats add a fun hands-on math component.
Sunflower Life Cycle Counting Mats
You’ve don’t want to miss these life cycle counting mats as you begin planning your sunflower themed activities!
These mats provide a wonderful opportunity to review the life cycle of a sunflower while counting, working on one-to-one correspondence, and strengthening fine motor skills.
This activity is no-prep making it perfect or busy preschool moms and teachers. All you’ll need to do is print and go! You can also laminate for durability, but that’s optional.
There are so many ways to teach kids the life cycle of a sunflower. You can use plastic figures, or you can introduce the life cycle with a collection of great life cycle books.
How to Use the Counting Mats
Each playdough mat features a large numeral, a number word, life cycle images, and a counting frame.
Have your child put the mats in order. Review the life cycle stages on each one. Then, have your child build the number and the number word with playdough. They can also write them for a little handwriting practice.
Then, use playdough to build the seeds, sprouts, plants, and sunflower as you discuss the stages of the life cycle.
Finally, have them fill the counting frame with playdough balls as they count aloud.
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT SUNFLOWERS
Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about sunflowers. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
The Sunflower Sword – In a land marked by endless fighting between knights and dragons, a mother gives her eager little boy a sunflower rather than the sword he requests, and when he wields it against a real dragon, new understanding begins.
The Sunflower Parable – The Sunflower Parable shares the story of Logan, a young gardener who hopes to grow sunflowers that reach all the way to heaven by summer’s end. Side by side with his father, the wise farmer, Logan discovers the value of planting seeds, not only in the ground, but also in the hearts of his friends and neighbors.
Camille and the Sunflowers – One day a strange man arrives in Camille’s town. He has a straw hat and a yellow beard. The man turns out to be the artist Vincent van Gogh. This is an introduction to the great painter, seen through the eyes of a young boy entranced by his painting.
Round Out Your Unit with These Activities
Let your kids be artists! They’ll love painting their own sunflower! This is like a coloring page, but even better – the end result is a beautiful canvas painting!
This sunflower life cycle puzzle teaches the growth of a plant from seedling to full bloom. Multiple layers and puzzles within a single frame. Easy storage of all the pieces self encased in the puzzle itself.
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