All About Gardens and Farming---30 FREE Resources! Spring is coming---or maybe I’m just impatient for winter be over? I’ve got visions of gardening and tender young plants dancing in my head. It’s a little too soon to do much more than plan and dream, but it’s not too soon to switch gears in our homeschool and to learn about plants, gardening, and agriculture. If you’re like me, though, you’ve already spent this school year’s budget…what to do? This list includes a mix of gardening, plants, farming and agriculture---I think there’s something for everyone, here! A note about free resources: there are a lot of free things out there that nobody would pay money for, ever. Gardening and Plant Unit Studies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Garden and Plant Lapbooks and Printables 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1+1+1=1 has a free flowers and plants lapbook. 12. 13. 14. Farm Unit Studies 15. 16. 17. Farm Printables 18. 19. 20. 21. 1+1+1=1 has a super cute farm tot-book for your little ones. Miscellaneous Garden and Farming Goodies 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Coloring Pages 27. 28. 29. 30.
Print This unit study introduces ideas for indoor gardening projects that are suitable for students of all ages. Your local library has plenty of books on houseplants. You will need one general houseplant encyclopedia type of book, and books on particular plant families and projects such as making a terrarium and aquarium garden. Here are some ideas for interesting projects you can try, as well as some ideas for specific kinds of plants you can grow indoors. Later in this study we'll take a look at some ideas for further study. • A terrarium is a garden under glass. While you're waiting for your plants to grow, here are a few study ideas to learn more about plants. • Propagation of plants: Try multiplying your plants through shoots, rooting, seeding, and cuttings. • Study light and water needs: Here are some terms and questions for the student to investigate. I hope this study will brighten your house this year, and give you a greater appreciation for the wonderful design in creation.
MONTESSORI LESSONS -A Gardening Unit Study (With the Focus on Summer) MONTESSORI LESSONS -A Gardening Unit Study (With the Focus on the Summer) Below, are links for a complete summer gardening unit study. These PreK and K-8 links will lead you to articles, hands-on activities and other exercises that are compatible with the Montessori classified reading cards, phonics, grammar, creative writing, science, social studies and other extensive lesson plans found in Montessori lesson planning. Montessori Classified Reading Cards and Other Aids to Learn About Summer and Year Round Gardening Sensory Exercises/Motor Development Involving the Study of Summer Gardening Sunflower Seed Activities (Pre K - Grade 6) Seed Match Collecting Seeds - Fun for the Whole Family Learning Center Grdening Table for the Classroom A Close-Up Look at Seeds Backyard Detective Practical Life Exercises Involving the Study of Summer Gardening Summer Flower Bulbs Itching to Plant (Germinating Seeds) What Shall I Grow? Language Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Students
Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit Seed and Plant Matching Cards from Montessori Print Shop Whether you’re planning a gardening unit study for a homeschool or school, there are free Montessori materials available online that can enhance your unit. Free printable Montessori botany materials available online: Seed & Plant Matching Cards from Montessori Print Shop Vegetable Cards from Jojoebi Botany materials (From Plant to Food, Whole and Half Fruit, All about Plants Printable Book, Life Cycle of a Pumpkin, and Life Cycle of an Apple) from Montessori for Everyone Botany materials from Montessori Materials (Some materials are available for purchase, but there are many free materials with purple links for leaf, plant, flower, and root cards and booklets.) Parts of the Seed Nomenclature Cards and Little Booklet and other Botany Materials from The Helpful Garden Parts of a Plant Nomenclature Cards from NAMC’s 3-6 Montessori Homeschool Program Friendship Flower Activities Leaf Cards, Booklet, and Wall Charts from Homemade Montessori
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