Preschool Science Activities - Earth Science

Hello,

Now that the children are home from school in the US for summer break, parents and caregivers are scrambling for ideas.

Here are a few preschool science activities about plants and gardening that my classes have enjoyed. They involve walks outside, observing, thinking-- stirring the imagination to understand the plants that they see everyday. Best of all--they can create their own snack when they're done!

Flower Hunt
Take students outside and ask them to bring in any flowers they can find. Talk about why flowers are different colors, shapes, and sizes, and why they smell different. Ask students if they like flowers or not and why.

How Plants Work
Walk your students through the life cycle of plants. Ask them if they have ever seen the roots of plants. Show them what the point of roots are and how plants use light to create energy. If you can, pull up a plant and show the roots to students.

Edible Plants
Do your students know that fruits and vegetables are actually plants? Describe how different foods come from the ground, and why that makes them healthy. Show different kinds of fruits and vegetables and ask students to name them. Help them understand that all kinds of edible plants grow just the same as traditional plants like trees and flowers.

Snack Time: Flower Sandwiches
Give students flower cookie cutters and two pieces of white bread. Let them choose their filling. They can pick between jelly, peanut butter, honey, or whatever else you can think of. They can stick a Twizzler in between for a stem if they like.

Give these earth science ideas a try when you hear the famous line--"I'm bored!" Have fun and enjoy!

If you have some ideas to share, send them to me and I'll post them here for all to see and use.

Mary
marys.plans@gmail.com

P.S. If you like these ideas check out my Preschool Lesson Plans:

http://www.preschoolplanner.com/thefullstory.html