Flower Week WEDNESDAY Schedule (plus links to printables!)

Everyday activities:

Study vocabulary words. I like to use Montessori-style nomenclature cards for these. I print and laminate them, then cut them apart and punch holes in the corners. For some reason, my kids love flipping through the cards when they're on a little binder ring. More fun than a flat page I suppose! Download your free flower nomenclature cards HERE. She has a whole bunch of awesome nomenclature card sets for free to download, and I would suggest getting them all! But for this week specifically, scroll down just a smidge and click on "Flowers" under the heading "Nomenclature/3-part cards.

Work on beginning alphabet sounds. This week I chose to use the cards from a set of printables you can download HERE. Many of my resources are coming from that set, so while you're in there, go ahead and get all three parts. Again, I love to laminate these and put them on the binder ring. That way you can use a clothespin to mark the correct letter, or a dry erase marker.

Work on counting skills. I am using the counting clip cards that you can download HERE. I'm also having several of my resources coming from that set. Laminate, put them on the binder ring. Use a clothespin to mark the correct number, or a dry erase marker.

 Practice letter tracing. The set you downloaded for the alphabet sounds (HERE if you still need them) includes three alphabet pages. P for Pots, G for gloves, and S for Seeds. I laminate those as well, and the kids love doing them over and over again.

Scissor or prewriting practice. I found these in the set you downloaded for the counting cards (HERE if you still need them). If you intend on using these for prewriting practice, go ahead and laminate them. If you prefer to use them for your little ones to work on their scissor skills, just print them on regular paper.

Wednesday activities:

Dissect a bouquet. I picked up a fun bouquet of mixed flowers, and I will give the kids scissors to cut them into pieces so we can study the inner workings of each blossom. It would be good to have a good book showing diagrams of the inside parts of a flower, such as this one found HERE. 

Sticky flower art. This is perfect for us to use the parts of the flowers we just tore apart. Contact paper taped to a wall or window (sticky side out) and let the kids loose with all the random flower bits we just made. Inspiration found HERE.

Flower sticker color sorting. I made some quick fun printables to help my little guy practice his color recognition. He does pretty good, but a little repetition wouldn't hurt! HERE is my printable flower stickers - you should be able to print and cut into squares. And HERE is the printable colors page. I'll just have him sort the stickers by color onto that page. 

Work on your Plant Lapbook. Work on this project one little piece each day, and by the end of the week your child will have their own little display of everything they learned. Great for showing off to family members and for reviewing the information after the theme week is finished. For the assembly of the actual lapbook, see HERE. For today, we'll add diagram of the inside parts of a flower that you can find HERE.