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    “April showers bring May flowers.” Perhaps this is why May is National Flower Month. Indulge your green thumb with this week’s website picks about flowers.

    		Flowers Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00

    Cornell University: Flower Growing Guides5 stars

    This home gardening guide is not written specifically for students; it's for anyone interested in learning more about any of the 269 featured flowers. Flowers are listed alphabetically by botanical name (such as achillea millefolium) and common name (yarrow.) Each entry includes a picture, a description, and a brief guide to growing it. Yarrow, by the way, needs full sun and prefers well-drained soil.



    Kiddle: Flower Facts for Kids5 stars

    "A flower is a special kind of plant part. Flowers are also called the bloom or blossom of a plant. The flower grows on a stalk – a thin node – which supports it. Flowers have petals. Inside the part of the flower that has petals are the parts which produce pollen and seeds." Visit Kiddle for a lesson on the biology of plants and flowers.

    Pinterest: Flower Crafts for Kids5 stars

    This Pinterest Explore collection showcases flower crafts. You'll find all the usual materials here: paper plates, construction paper, tissue paper, and pipe cleaners. You can refine your search using the tag buttons that run across the top of the page: Paper, Easy DIY, Fun, Egg Cartons, Coffee Filters and so on. Remember to click twice on any pin to see the craft at the originating website.

    Thompson & Morgan: Top 10 Easy to Grow Flowers5 stars

    British seed company Thompson & Morgan offers advice on improving your garden with these ten easy-to-grow flowers. Sunflowers, for example, can reach heights of fourteen feet and are quite kid friendly. "Just sow the seeds straight into the ground in a sunny, sheltered spot and watch them grow and grow and grow! Be sure to provide the stems with supports to grow the tallest sunflowers around."

    US Forest Service: Celebrating Wildflowers: Just for Kids5 stars

    The kid section of this US Forest Service wildflower site features coloring pages, activities, a dozen printable word search puzzles, and a glossary of vocabulary words from "adapt" to "threatened." Activities include How to Make a Butterfly Garden, Make Your Own Perfume, and Preserving Wildflowers. "Most wild flowers soon wither if you pick them, but you can preserve them for a long time by pressing or drying them. Choose only flowers that you know are common, and do not pick them unless there are lots of them."

    		Flowers Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00



    Honorable Mentions

    The following links are either new discoveries or sites that didn't make it into my newspaper column because of space constraints. Enjoy!

    My First Garden

    Kids Guide To Planting A Flower Garden

    Flower Facts

    Flower Crafts for Kids


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    Feldman, Barbara. "Flowers." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 25 Apr. 2023. Web. 17 Nov. 2024. <https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/flowers/ >.


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    By . Originally published April 25, 2023. Last modified April 25, 2023.

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