Paper Plate Sunflowers Lesson Plan: Painting for Kids

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PAPER PLATE SUNFLOWERS

Grade: PreK-2 • Age: 3-8 • Written by: Karen Rowley,
[Karen is a teacher at St. Norbert Pre-K in Orange, California]

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Objectives:

To teach the parts of the flower
To teach fine motor development

What You Need:

paper plates
unshelled sunflower seeds
brown paint mixed with glue
yellow paint
green construction paper
glue
scissors

What You Do:

Bring in real sunflowers for the class to see. Children may make their own sunflowers.

This activity makes a wonderful bulletin board display and provides concrete examples of the parts of a sunflower.

Children will paint a paper plate with yellow paint and let dry
Children will paint the center of the paper plate with brown paint mixed with glue.
While the paint/glue mixture is still wet, children will put unshelled sunflower. Let dry.
Children may cut stems and leaves for their sunflowers.

We have made a variation on this activity and added the child's picture.

Add to a garden theme, a picnic theme, or science theme.

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Recommended Books:

From Seed to Sunflower
by Gerald Legg, Carolyn Scrace
Large illustrations and simple text present the lifecycle of a sunflower from seed to flower.

Sam Plants a Sunflower
by Kate Petty, Axel Scheffler
A Life-The-Flat Nature Book With Real Seeds

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