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Build a Plant Together

Parts of a Plant

Day 60of 180
Week 12of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify the four main parts of a plant: roots, stem, leaves, flower

2

Create a craft showing all plant parts

3

Understand that God designed plants with special purposes

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:11

“God said, 'Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in them, on the earth;' and it was so.”

— Genesis 1:11 (WEB)

Shows God's intentional design in creating plants with specific parts and purposes

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper (green, brown, yellow)
  • Scissors (child-safe)
  • Glue stick
  • Markers
  • Real plant for demonstration
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore how God made plants with special parts that work together!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about leaves yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Let's look at our plant and talk about its parts!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Roots drink water from the ground
  • Stem helps the plant stand tall
  • Leaves catch sunshine to make food
  • Flowers help make new plants
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you point to the roots?
  • What color are the leaves?
3Activity: Plant Parts Craft (6 min)
creative

Create a paper plant showing all four parts

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw brown roots at the bottom of paper
  2. Glue a green stem in the middle
  3. Add green leaf shapes
  4. Create a yellow or colorful flower on top
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps cut shapes

Challenge: Child cuts own shapes

4Closing (3 min)

Review plant parts and thank God for His amazing design

📝 Review Questions:
  • What are the plant parts we learned?
  • Which part drinks water?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about tiny seeds!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children learn best through hands-on activities and repetition

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Help with cutting if needed
  • Praise effort over perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Cutting and gluing can be challenging for small hands

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child identifying at least two plant parts

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a nature walk to find plants
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional plant coloring pages

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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