Plant Life: How Do Plants Grow?
Learn about plant life and how plants grow with this set of 12 printables from Craft Jr.! There’s a sequencing activity or matching game, word search, vocabulary list and two printable mini-books that children can color and easily assemble.
10 Plant Life Cycle Lesson Plan Activity Ideas
1 – Print out the color or b/w squares below twice to make a matching game.
2 – Plant seeds in newspaper seedling pots.
3 – Have children collect seeds from everyday foods to bring into the classroom for identification.
4 – Grow a Chia Pet
5 – Sprout an avocado seed.
6 – Use the words in the word search as spelling or vocabulary words for the week.
7 – Plant a tree in the school yard, local park, or other organization.
8 – Our school does their planting activities early in the year, and then lets the children take their full grown plants home as a Mother’s Day gift in May.
9 – Take a field trip to a local greenhouse, or ask your local greenhouse if they would be willing to send in a person to do a presentation for the school.
10 – Play Garden – Opoly
Plant Life Worksheets
 How Do Plants Grow Color Sequence |
 How Do Plants Grow Sequence Coloring Page |
 How Do Plants Grow Color Sequence Worksheet |
 How Do Plants Grow Word Search |
 Plant Life Quizzes on Classroom Jr. |
How Do Plants Grow Printable Mini Book
Use this mini book for younger children who are able to color the pictures, cut apart the pages, and assemble them into a book. Staple the pages together, or punch holes and tie string as a book binding.
 How Do Plants Grow Mini Book pg 1-2 |
 How Do Plants Grow Mini Book pg 3-4 |
 How Do Plants Grow Mini Book pg 5-6 |
 How Do Plants Grow Mini Book pg 7-8 |
Blank How Do Plants Grow Printable Mini Book
Use this mini book for older children who have the skills to construct their own sentences. They can describe what is in the pictures and use the vocabulary words from the word search above.
 How Do Plants Grow Blank Book pg 1-2 |
 How Do Plants Grow Blank Book pg 3-4 |
 How Do Plants Grow Blank Book pg 5-6 |
 How Do Plants Grow Blank Book pg 7-8 |
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