Research
Check your library for books about Wild Flowers
Check the internet for local resources
Field Guides, Folklore about wild flowers, hiking guides for you area etc
Planting A Rainbow
A Tiny Seed
The legend of the Indian Paint Brush
Wild Flower collection
Take pictures or collect plants to press then identify and organize in a book
Lean about edible native plants
go out for a taste test but be careful!
Use your wild flowers in art
design cards with your pictures or pressed flowers after you've identified them
After reading some of the wild flower folktales write your own about a wildflower that you could not find a folktale about.
create a new wild flower with paper or water colors etc
use fabric paints to paint your wildflower then press them on a shirt or tea cloth to make a flower that will last all year and never fade
Design a wild flower garden
Do a May Day type activity. Collect wild flowers and put them in little cones to hang on your neighbors doors.
May day basket
Create a wildlife habitat in your yard using native plants
Leaf Tie Dye
Submitted by Val
What You Need:
* Leaves (various colors preferred) and Flowers
* Cloth (Light Color)
* Sticking Instrument (Mallet or Hammer)
What You Do:
* Put the leaves and Flowers out on the floor or counter. Put the cloth on top of the leaves and flowers. Then hit the cloth with the mallet until the leaves and Flowers are ground up. This will put a neat pattern on the cloth. If your brave you can let the children try it
Warning: Very Messy. Watch children with Mallets closely.
If you get a bunch of evergreens this smells sooooo yummy! The shirt will look like it's just stained/dirty unles you do a thorough job.
Science
Learn about plants.
Learn about native plants and why they work best for gardening.
Dissect Flowers and identify parts
Math
Count petals then use multiplication to figure out # petals in a bunch
He loves me he loves me not probability
History
Folklore and tales
Literature
Write books and stories
Music
Flower Fairy Dance
Games
Instead of duck, duck, goose play seed, seed, sprout
Find a bunch more ideas here
teacher resources
wildflowers.org
word search
Leaves & Wildflower Crafts
Science joins arts and crafts when you learn how to press and dry leaves and wildflowers. Make a wildflower press or use a heavy book to press you flowers. These can be turned into all kinds of wonderful art projects. You can make bookmarks, glue them on stationary, or simply make a wildflower collection book.
Leaves are great for rubbing and collecting. Glue them around a window frame, iron them in between was paper for a stained glass effect or just tape them to your wall in a pleasing manner.
Read more: http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/nature_crafts_for_kids#ixzz0MCHm6lNE
flower road trips
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