FREE Printable The Life Cycle Of A Plant Lift The Flap Book

Are you looking for a fun, educational plant activity to do with your kids? They will love learning about the plant life cyle with this free plant printable that bcomes a fun DIY lift-the-flap book. Use this to learn about the plant growth cycle to teach young children about the plant life stages:  seed, cotyledon, seedling, flower, and seed head. Use this life cycle of a plant for kindergarten, preschool, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. Our plant life cycle printable is designed for use in kindergarten and 1st grade.

Plant life cycle

Teaching children about the life cycle of a plant is a great way to introduce them to the wonders of the natural world. The specifics may get more intricate, but the basics are not difficult to understand. Even young children can learn about the different stages of a plant’s life, from seed to sprout to full-grown plant. Watching the process unfold from beginning to end is an excellent way to help children start to understand the changes that happen during all life cycles.

Spring is a great time for teaching children about the life cycle of a plant and instead of a boring life cycle of a plant worksheet, your kids will love our free plant life cycle printable is the perfect addition to your life cycle of a plant lesson plan. They will see plants growing and changing every time they step outside. In the garden, they will be planting seeds and watching them grow. It is the perfect time to introduce them to germination, photosynthesis, and pollination concepts. And what better way to learn than watching a plant grow before their eyes?

Our free Flowering Plant Life Cycle Lift the flap book will be the perfect addition to a plant unit.

Life Cycle of a Plant

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Life cycle of a plant for kids

Kids love lift-the-flap-books, so they will be eager to participate in this activity. It is a fun and engaging way to help kids learn about a plant’s life cycle.

Our lift the flap book is suitable for teaching basic plant biology as well as working on fine motor skills. Students must cut, paste, and color (if you use the black and white copy).

The free printable comes in 2 formats. A black and white and a colored version.

Plant life cycle for kids

Use our Life Cycle Of A Plant Lift the Flap Book to build your kids’ understanding of how plants grow and reproduce. Designed for kindergarten through first-grade kids, this printable is an easy prep activity your kids will love! As they complete this activity, children will

• Discover more about the life cycle of the plant
• Practice their cutting and pasting skills
• Learn some new scientific terms

The great thing about sunflowers is that they are easy to grow, and kids get a kick from seeing how tall they grow. I would recommend pairing this lift the flap book with some planting activities. It would be fabulous to plant and grow some sunflowers, so the kids could see a plant’s life cycle in action!

You could keep a family journal of the changes they observe throughout the summer as the sunflowers grow. They could compare these to the stages shown in their book.

Life Cycle of a Plant for Kindergarten

I love easy prep activities, and getting one ready is super easy.

Materials

1. Lift the Flap book (printable below)
2. White copy paper or light cardstock
3. printer
4. Glue
5. Crayons (if using the black and white version)
6. Scissors

You just have to decide between black and white or color and then print. Could it be any easier?

Plant growth cycle

1. If you use the black and white version, have children color the illustration.
2. Carefully fold the page in half along the solid black line. You may have to cut off a narrow margin.
3. Open and paste the labels over the boxes.
4. Cut along the dotted lines to make the flaps.

The Plant Life Cycle For Kids

Here, we explain the main stages in the plant life cycle using language that young learners can understand. We’ve kept it very simple and don’t need to go into great detail at this stage. Read this post if you want to learn more about plant life cycles.

Remember, we can introduce words such as germination, cotyledon, and photosynthesis at an elementary level. For now, it is sufficient for the children to hear the words and get a sense of what they mean. We do not need to go into detail. There is plenty of time for that.

Seed

All plants start off as seeds. Inside the seed is a baby plant waiting to grow. Seeds need soil, water, air, sun, and warmth to “germinate.” This is when roots start growing through the shell of the seed.

Cotyledons

The first thing to grow up through the soil are the cotyledons. They look like leaves and contain food to help the plant grow. Some plants have one cotyledon, and others have two.

Seedling

At this stage, the seedling (or baby plant) begins to grow. It pushes roots into the soil to absorb water and other helpful things. It raises shoots and stems up to the light. The plant also grows leaves and soaks up sunlight, which it uses to produce its food. This process is called photosynthesis.

Flower

Over time, the young plant grows into an adult sunflower with many leaves and large yellow flowers. Insects, such as bees, visit the flowers because they like the bright colors and the sweet nectar in flowers. The bees drink the nectar, and their fuzzy bodies pick up pollen. They carry this pollen to the next Sunflower they visit. This all help make a new batch of seeds.

Seedhead

In the Sunflower, the seeds develop on the flower. One Sunflower will grow lots of new seeds. Now you have a new batch of seeds to use. Don’t forget to save some to plant next year.

Plant life cycle printable

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