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Montessori-Inspired Botany/Gardening Unit

May 29, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 18 Comments

 

Montessori-Inspired Gardening UnitSpring and summer are great times to focus on gardening. I planted a flower garden with the children each spring when I had a Montessori school. The children always loved to see the flowers blooming when they returned to school at the end of the summer. With my own children, we didn’t live where we could have a garden. But you can see what we did in this post: Experiencing Nature and Growing Plants Outdoors without a Garden.

There are LOTS of great Montessori-inspired printables and activities online for a gardening unit. There are too many to begin to cover them all in one post, but I’ll share some wonderful ideas here. You could always do a few activities this year and save others for next year.

Montessori-Inspired Plant/Gardening Activities

Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit

Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit (my roundup post with lots of free printables)

Shoots and Sprouts Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom

Shoots and Sprouts Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom (new in 2015)

Life Cycle of a Bean Plant

Life Cycle of a Bean Plant

Montessori-Inspired Life Cycle Activities (includes life cycle of a bean plant)

Free Flower Printables and Montessori-Inspired Flower Math Activities

Free Flower Printables and Montessori-Inspired Flower Math Activities

Exploring the Garden with Babies and Exploring Outdoors – Finding Smells from Rainy Day Mum

Our Garden (Gardening with a Toddler) from A Secure Base

Parts of a Flower (Photo from The Pinay Homeschooler)

Parts of a Flower (Photo from The Pinay Homeschooler)

Plant Posts from The Pinay Homeschooloer (Photo from Learning About Flowers)

Spring Sensory Bin (Mama of Many Blessings)

Spring Sensory Bin (Mama of Many Blessings)

Spring Sensory Bin from Mama of Many Blessings

Botany - The Bean Seed (Photo from The Work Plan)

Botany – The Bean Seed (Photo from The Work Plan)

Botany – The Bean Seed from The Work Plan

Gardening the Montessori Way from Discovery Kidzone Montessori Adventures

Gardening (Photo from How We Montessori)

Gardening (Photo from How We Montessori)

Plant Posts from How We Montessori (Photo from Gardening)

Make Like a Montessori Mama: Part 2 – Plant Activities by Kylie from How We Montessori at Modern Parents/Messy Kids

Parts of a Flower (Photo from Discovery Days and Montessori Moments)

Parts of a Flower (Photo from Discovery Days and Montessori Moments)

Parts of a Plant (photo), Parts of a Bean, Our Garden, What Is a Biome?, Plant or Animal?, Plants, Plants ~ for Big Kids, and Seed Collecting from Discovery Days and Montessori Moments

Parts of a Plant with Egg Cartons from School Time Snippets

Montessori Garden Classroom (Photo from Montessori on a Budget)

Montessori Garden Classroom (Photo from Montessori on a Budget)

Creating a Montessori Garden Classroom from Montessori on a Budget

Sunflower Seed Addition (Photo from Lesson Plans to Pots and Pans)

Sunflower Seed Addition (Photo from Lesson Plans to Pots and Pans)

Plant Posts from Lesson Plans to Pots and Pans (Photo from Even More … from Seeds to Plants)

Botany 1 – Montessori Botany Cabinet Work and Botany 2 – Montessori Leaf Cabinet Work from Making Montessori Ours

Child-Led Gardening (Photo from Montessori ici)

Child-Led Gardening (Photo from Montessori ici)

Gardening Day from Montessori ici

Planting Our Garden from Our Natural Journey

Montessori Trays for Spring and More Garden-Themed Montessori Trays from LaPaz Home Learning

From the Montessori Garden – A Child’s Flower Salad from Momalog

Gardening from Montesori Life (with Downloadable Documents)

Botany Classification (Photo from Homeschool Escapade)

Botany Classification (Photo from Homeschool Escapade)

Botany – Week 1, Botany – Week 2 (Photo), Botany – Week 3, Botany Week 4 – Pollination and seed dispersal, Botany Week 5 – Photosynthesis with buttons, and Botany Week 6 – Nitrogen Cycle and Trees from Homeschool Escapade

Dissecting a Flower (Photo from What DID We Do All Day?)

Dissecting a Flower (Photo from What DID We Do All Day?)

Dissecting a Flower from What DID We Do All Day?

Flower Activities from Our Country Road

Preparing an Outdoor Garden from We Don’t Need No Education

Greensboro Montessori Gardening Program

Kennedy Montessori Garden for Peace (video)

Montessori Gardens Are Growing Young Entrepreneurs from Capital City Weekly

Plant Posts from Montessori Muddle

Botany/Gardening Unit Study Pinterest Board

I have botany/gardening activities of all kinds at my Botany/Gardening Unit Study Pinterest Board. 

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Filed Under: Activities - Cultural, Homeschooling, Unit Studies Tagged With: botany, gardening, Montessori, Montessori-inspired garden unit, spring, summer, unit study

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  1. Mama Of Many Blessings says

    May 29, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Deb,
    What a wonderful list of resources!! Thanks so much for featuring our Spring Sensory Bin, and for hosting! Have a wonderful week!

    Nicole

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    • Deb says

      May 31, 2012 at 10:50 pm

      Thanks so much for your kind comment, Mama of Many Blessings! It’s my pleasure to feature your awesome sensory bin! I hope you’re having a wonderful week, too! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Cerys says

    May 29, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    What a great resource and so many inspirational ideas to encourage children to get out and about in the garden.

    Thank you so much for including some of our ideas – we love getting out and exploring

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 31, 2012 at 10:51 pm

      My pleasure, Cerys … I love your ideas! Thanks for your kind words! 🙂

      Reply
  3. The Iowa Farmer's Wife says

    May 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    Such lovely ideas!! Thank you so much for sharing! Our daughter has her own plot in the backyard to do as she pleases and loves it!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 31, 2012 at 10:57 pm

      Thanks so much … I had a great time searching for activities and found more than I could even list! It’s wonderful that your daughter has her own garden plot! 🙂

      Reply
  4. The Monko says

    May 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    what a great idea for a blog hop. I linked up our seed planting we did a while a go but its reminded me I ought to do a follow up because our plants have really grown.

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 31, 2012 at 10:58 pm

      Thanks so much! I’m glad you linked up … have fun with your gardening! :

      Reply
  5. Debs- Learn with Play says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:28 am

    This is a great post. Thanks for linking it to the Kid’s Co-op this week. You should also link it up here: http://learnwithplay.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/flower-stencil-spray-painting.html It is a flower blog hop. Part of the Tinkerlab Creative Challenge.

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    • Deb says

      June 7, 2012 at 5:08 pm

      Thanks so much Debs! I just linked it up! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jen Fischer says

    July 30, 2012 at 8:31 am

    I can’t wait to explore all of these wonderful activities. When we did our flower scent-sory bin for Earth Day, my toddler turned it into a pond-making activity. It was a perfect example of child-led learning. http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2012/04/earth-day-scent-sory-bin.html

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    • Deb says

      August 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm

      Thanks so much, Jen! That’s an awesome story … I love your great sensory activities and child-led learning! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Ali says

    September 4, 2012 at 1:49 am

    I have added your gardening unit to my diigo list so I can refer back to it for inspiration as we move into summer! Thanks for putting it all together.

    Reply
    • Deb says

      September 5, 2012 at 10:44 pm

      Thanks so much, Ali! I wish we were moving into summer now! 😉

      Reply
  8. Debbie says

    May 10, 2014 at 8:36 am

    Thanks for the list! Lots of fun things to find! Pinned it!

    Reply
  9. Dianna Kennedy says

    May 10, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    I love all of these fun spring ideas! I’m filing these away for later!

    Thanks for linking up the Thoughtful Spot!

    Reply
  10. Lisa Nelson says

    May 15, 2014 at 4:58 am

    What a fantastic resource list! The kids and I planted this year – and things are actually growing! We have also been really good at keeping the weeds away – which is amazing.

    I think there are great rewards for everybody in gardening, you know? Thank you for this!

    Reply
  11. Kain says

    April 25, 2015 at 4:35 am

    Your idea is great. I’m also doing an indoor garden, we still take care of it every day. And my daughter loves to garden there. Thanks your for great ideas

    Reply

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