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7 magic flowers preschool6/14/2023 I wanted the end result to be a surprise to Possum and so I asked her what she expected to happen to the flowers over time. Place your jars in a safe location that will gives them some lovely natural sunlight. I highly recommend ensuring there are no leaves left on the stem as it can go mouldy in the water, which will reduce the time you can keep this activity. Quite simply, I cut the stem of the flowers so there was about 6 inches of stem remaining before placing one in each of the jars. Possum loved watching how the two colours, when combined, made a completely new colour. I didn’t have purple food colouring so I needed to create it using a combination of red and blue drops. Red, yellow, green, blue and purple were the colours I made the water. I added 1/2 cup of clean water and 10 drops of food colouring to each of the jars. To set up this activity I simply used a collection of small jars. Obviously some flowers may not absorb water as well as others. I used chrysanthemums, but you might like to use whatever white flowers you have available. White flowers (chrysanthemums, roses or daisies would work well). It’s amazing and creates a great ‘WOW’ factor for kids. To do this science activity you will need the following materials – The brightly coloured water will transform the white flowers within only a few minutes. It teaches them how a plant absorbs water up it’s stem and nourishes its petals or leaves. This activity is an amazing visual for kids. Recommended age : 3 years + (Active supervision is required on all my activities) It only required a few materials to set up this science experiment and inspired Possum (aged 3.5 years) to learn more about plants and how they absorb water. I loved doing it so much myself and watching the changes that seemed to happen within the hour! This is such a classic science activity that your children will absolutely love. It helps children learn about how plants absorb water through its stem to nourish the head of the flower. While you don’t need a music cd to do this, we do share some songs from cds in our storytimes.This will have your children observing a simple science experiment with colour changing flowers! It is easy to set up and is a great lesson, especially for preschoolers. Singing is a great way to share words and rhythms with your baby. (Cover hands over mouth on shout & say it louder) Someone’s going to find me (hands over eyes, searching)Īnd give a SHOUT. The bud opens up… (hands, palms together, move palms apart a bit) The plant begins to grow… (hands together, move upwards) The sun begins to shine… (open and close hands to form finger “rays”) The rain begins to fall… (move your hands down & wiggle fingers like rain) We had a lot of fun planting, and being plants, at this storytime! (from FingerTales by Joan Hilyer Phelps )Īway one flower blows. This is a beautiful celebration of plants of all colors. We also spent some time Planting a Rainbow with author Lois Ehlert’s book of the same name. She wants to help it grow, but what is the best food for a plant? It must like the same things as Fran, right? So she feeds the plant pizza, hamburger, ice cream and more! But does the plant like that? In our first book, Fran’s Flower by Lisa Bruce, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, Fran finds a pot with a little green bit in it. Of course, we had to bring the flower fun into preschool storytime! We had the Pasadena Garden Club celebrating their 100th anniversary with a flower show in the library this past weekend.
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