Gardening/Botany Unit Study

This free vegetables do-a-dot phonics printable is a Montessori-inspired printable for home or classroom. It's a versatile nutrition-themed or letter "v" themed instant download - Living Montessori Now #nutritiontheme #Montessori #homeschool #preschool #toddler #freeprintable #vegetables #letterv

Color Wildflowers Free Printables from the U.S. Forest Service

Lots of free spring educational videos and a list of spring-themed free song and rhyme posts. Spring resources for a variety of ages - Living Montessori Now #springeducationalvideos #springscience #homeschool #preschool #kindergarten

Free tree printables and Montessori-inspired tree activities for multiple ages; perfect for home or classroom; great for a tree unit, Earth Day unit, Arbor Day unit, or spring unit - Living Montessori Now #Montessori #homeschool #treetheme #freeprintables #preschool #kindergarten #botany #ArborDay

With toddlers and preschoolers, go on a nature walk to prepare a Montessori nature tray with vocabulary for parts of the plant - Living Montessori Now #Montessori #botany #naturetray #naturewalk #homeschool #preschool

Learn how to make paper towel roses that look real. They're easy to make, and perfect for kids to give for Valentines Day, Mother's Day etc.

Tulips are the sign that spring is officially here. They are by far my favorite flower and I love filling my home with them! Check out this amazing collection of paper tulips, art projects, and fun crafts from our favorite bloggers!

Free tree songs, rhymes, and educational videos for a variety of ages; perfect for homeschool or classroom for a tree theme, apple tree theme, or seasons theme - Living Montessori Now #freesongs #circletime #educationalvideos #freetreesongs #freeapplesongs #appletheme #seasons

Lots of free flower printables and Montessori-inspired flower math activities for classroom or home. Perfect for spring themes for preschool through early elementary - Living Montessori Now #Montessori #flowertheme #springtheme #homeschool #preschool #kindergarten

Roundup of free botany materials for homeschools and classrooms; free plant printables for a variety of ages - Living Montessori Now #Montessori #homeschool #preschool #kindergarten #gardening #botany

See the complete set for a full description of Illustrated Botany for Children, a Montessori-style botany nomenclature. The leaf section has files for printing 13 booklets with matching cards, 16 pages of wall charts (see illustration for one page of this file), and one blank diagram for parts of the leaf. Booklets are entitled Parts of a Leaf, Simple and Compound Leaves, Leaf Arrangement on Stems, Leaf Shapes, Leaf Margins, Leaf Venation, Leaf Apex Angle, Leaf Apex Shape, Leaf Base Angle…

These beaded pipe cleaner flowers are so fun! They take less than 10 minutes to make and they're great for developing fine motor skills. And aren't they pretty?! They'd make a summery little flower arrangement for the kids' night table! And wouldn't they be great for Mother's Day? Pipe cleaners are turning into one of my favourite craft supplies. I have to laugh when I go back and read my post on how to make pipe cleaner tulips and daffodils, because at that point, I had a ridiculous supply…

Bean Sprouts

If you want to grow some of your own food but live in a small space start an indoor herb garden! Find out what herbs grow best indoors and how to grow them.

A natural dye garden will give you eco-friendly, natural dye pigments for textiles, knitting yarns, soap making, and more. Plan to add one to your backyard.

In the summers in University I worked at a family centre and we would often do this style of project with the kids each week, hanging them up for the week-end celebration. The sweetest part was th...