Flower Dissection

Have a dying bouquet of flowers? Don’t throw it away just yet! Have your kids cut, dissect, and identify the different parts! In this activity you will be counting, sorting, fine motor strengthening, sharing ideas, and working together… learning through play is the best! 

What you need:

1. Flowers
2. Scissors
3. Bowls
4. Marker/Paper

What to do:

1. Label the bowls: Stems, Leaves, and Petals
2. Using the scissors have your child cut the flowers apart and sort the pieces.
3. Ask open ended questions: Do all flowers have the same parts? How do the different parts feel? What senses are we using? How do you think flowers grow? Why do you think these flowers are dying?

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