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Nature · The activity desk
Plant parts collage
Build a flowering plant picture and name its parts.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
Open interactive activity →Add to play journal →What you need
Two full sheets of paper, child-appropriate crayons, a glue stick, and adult scissors.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: An adult cuts one large oval leaf and one large flower shape from a sheet, then puts scissors away.
Adult's role: Stay beside the child and help identify the roots, stem, leaf, and flower.
Let's make it happen
- Draw a soil line across the whole sheet. Draw roots below it and a stem above it.
- Color and glue the large leaf beside the stem and the flower at the top.
- Point to each part. Explain that roots help take up water and the stem supports the plant.
Make it simpler: Draw a leaf and flower instead of using cut shapes.
Clean up: Close the glue stick and collect paper scraps.
Adult handles scissors and supervises glue. Do not taste or pick unknown plants.