Favorite Books for a Flower Theme

It’s May, and I love a flower unit in the spring! Here are some of our favorite books for a flower theme.

 

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Just choose books based on your child’s age and what you think will engage your child’s interest. I recommend checking out the “Read Sample” feature on Amazon and reading reviews there. Another place to learn about a book is on YouTube. You can typically see the entire book there.

Montessori-friendly books use photos or realistic illustrations. They don’t have talking animals or a lot of fantasy. But many books that have fantasy and talking animals are wonderful books, and I love sharing them with children who understand the difference between fantasy and reality.

For toddlers and preschoolers, about ¾ of the books I use are typically Montessori friendly (focusing on reality without smiling or talking animals or smiling or talking vehicles). 

Books for a Flower Theme

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I’m featuring books here for a red panda theme for preschool through elementary-age kids. The books on our forward-facing shelf are mainly Montessori-friendly books. 

Top Shelf of Forward -Facing Display:

• Nature Anatomy (I have this fabulous Julia Rothman collection and some other Julia Rothman books.)
• Botanicum (beautiful book at any time)
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt is a lovely Montessori-friendly book recommended for ages 5-8.

2nd Shelf:

• Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom
• I love the Big Book Series! The Big Book of Blooms is fabulous, like all the others. I love the series for toddlers (adapted as needed) through early elementary. It’s entertaining for a wide variety of ages!
• A Seed Is Sleepy – The illustrations of a wide variety of seeds in this book are gorgeous, making it a wonderful addition to a study of seeds and plants around the world. (Recommended for ages 5-10.)

3rd Shelf:

• Atlas of Plants
• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons (Note: I still have the version of this book from when my now-adult kids were little, but the cover hasn’t changed.)
• National Geographic Kids Seed to Plant

4th Shelf:

• What’s Inside a Flower? is a lovely book. It does have some smiling flowers and animals, though, in case you only want Montessori-style books.
• The Reason for a Flower 
• I Can Grow a Flower

Bottom Shelf

• Ten Seeds
• The Tiny Seed: With seeded paper to grow your own flowers! by Eric Carle
• Zinnia’s Flower Garden

Our peace table has a flower theme right now, too! 

On the table top, I love having our wooden peace rose (I think a real rose, wooden rose, or silk rose is a good option) and The Peace Rose. The book helps children know how to use the peace rose for conflict resolution. You can read more about the book in my Peace Books post.

Across the room is a shelf with a number of spring books, which all include flowers!

Here are the spring books on our shelf:

• And then it’s spring (beautiful book illustrated by a Caldecott Award-winning illustrator)
• Spring (beautiful board book with no words by Gerda Muller)
• Everything Grows (Raffi Songs to Read) – sweet board book for Raffi fans
• Everything Spring from National Geographic Kids has beautiful photographs as do all National Geographic books, and it gives a nice introduction to spring for preschoolers.
• When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes (lovely spring book for ages 3-5)

You can see many flower books here: Flower Books for Kids (including books as they’re published)

Related Resources and Activities:

Montessori-Inspired Flower Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).

Flower Science

Free Flower Printables and Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities

• Montessori-Inspired Gardening Unit
• Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities
• Free Flower Printables and Montessori-Inspired Flower Math Activities
• Shoots and Sprouts Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom
• Montessori Flower Identification and Arranging for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Montessori Nature Tray Sorting and Counting for Toddlers and Preschooler
• Nature Walk and Nature Cutting Tray for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Montessori Nature Tray with Magnification Work and Flower Arranging, Spring Book Lists for Preschool and Elementary Kids
• Garden Adventures Around the World
• Montessori Nature Tray with Vocabulary – Parts of the Plant
• Flower Cutting with Great-Grandma {Montessori on the Go}
• How to Help Children Experience Nature and Growing Plants Outdoors without a Garden
• How to: Montessori Indoor- or Small-Space Gardening in a DIY Sensory Table
•  Encouraging Kindness with Gardening Activities and the Kindness Elves
•  Life Cycle of a Bean Plant and Seed Planting Activities
• Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities with Spielgaben
• Free Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Tree Activities
• Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit
• Family Fun with Small-Space Gardening in a Vertical Planter
• Free Seasons of an Apple Tree Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Free Tree Songs and Educational Videos {Learn about Trees, Apple Trees, and Seasons}
• Free Tree Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Gardening/Botany Unit Study Pinterest Board

Have fun learning about flowers!

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