Plant and Botany Activities for Kids

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My kids and I love Botany studies, especially around Spring and Summer. We love learning about planting seeds and how plants grow. We enjoy reading about the parts of the plants and how flowers look so pretty. In this post, we will be sharing with you an amazing list of Plant and Botany Activities for Kids.

Plant and Botany Activities for Kids

Flower Dissection for Kids – Sugar, Spice and Glitter

One of the best ways to learn about flowers is by dissecting them! Dissect flowers in this great science activity.

Chromatography Flowers using Coffee Filters and Markers – Gifts of Curiosity

Learn about color blending with this simple chromatography flowers craft! It can teach younger kiddos how colors can bleed.

Preschool Botany: Matching Language Language Activity with Seeds – Carrots are Orange

Grant for montessori, learn about different types of seeds. Discover their different sizes and shapes, and their differences in growth.

Dissect a Bean Seed – Buggy and Buddy

What’s inside a bean seed? Find out by dissecting them! It also comes with a free printable record street.

Montessori-Inspired Botany: Parts of a Plant & Parts of a Tree (Free Printables)

Here are a really fun series of Botany activities to learn about the parts of a tree, a plant and a flower.

National Geographic Readers: Seed to Plant Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)From Seed to Plant

More Plant and Botany Activities for Kids

Preschool Botany Class – Preschool Powol Packets

In this lesson, students learn about color mixing and the way roots and stems work. It also includes scientific and life skills like fine motor skills, predictions, and measuring.

Seed Jar Spring Science – Little Bins for Little Hands

This hands-on seed jar experiment is easy to put together, and easy to visibly see results!

For the Love of Trees Hands-on Unit Study Lessons – The Natural Homeschool

Learn about different types of trees with these free printables. They include tree recognition study and book ideas.

Eating a Whole Plant – MPM Ideas

What parts of a plant are edible, and what parts have you eaten?

Parts of a Fruit Lesson (Free Printable Set)

This is a fantastic way to learn about the parts of a fruit.

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt Time For Kids: Plants! (Time for Kids Science Scoops)How Plants Grow (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers)

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Celery Plant Science – Rainy Day Mum

This simple science experiment explores transpiration, as the celery’s veins turn colored! There is an explanation at the end for why this is.

Simple 3D Parts of a Plant Craft – Teach Junkie

There’s not just cutting and pasting in this parts of a flower craft! Get hands-on with this 3D model great for younger kids.

Feeding Plants Experiment – Education

What happens when you feed plants with different liquids? Find out in this experiment great for multiple children or a classroom!

Planting with Kids: Plant Parts and Needs – The Kindergarten Connection

A free printable is included with this activity to discover everything a plant needs to live. Plus, you can dissect a plant to further discover its needs.

Flower Multi-Level Unit + Printables

This is a wonderful unit with many multi-leveled activities about flowers.

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow Plantzilla Books for Kids: Plant a Seed and Watch it Grow! (Rhyming Picture Book for Kids): Kids Books – Bedtime Stories For Kids – Children’s Books – Early Readers (Easy Reading – Easy Learning)