Ready to dissect our sunflower.
We started by plucking the petals, which are called the rays of the sunflower.
They used tweezers and fingers for this part.
Then the disc florets...
They enjoyed using their fingers here.
Taking a look at the seeds.
Daddy and the kids planted quite a few sunflower plants this year, so the kids were able to see these grow from seed. We enjoyed talking about the seeds, which are the fruit of the flower, the birds, the squirrels and how we enjoy eating a different type of sunflower seed.
Picking seeds.
My son decided he would like to continue collecting seeds this week and set some out for the birds.
We will also save some in a nature jar.
Another highlight from the day was the kids collecting acorns.
We set this up later in the day.
My daughter works with deep concentration on practical life work.
Here she's polishing them with a little water and a cloth.
Getting the edges with a Q-Tip.
Transferring acorns.
When they were done with their acorns, we put them into the oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees to be sure there were no bugs. We will be adding these to our nature containers soon.
See our extension work and nature jars here.
Here is our acorn tree we played with last year:
We simply collected sticks, acorns and leaves (from Dollar Tree) and hot glued magnets to the back. The kids really enjoyed playing with this.
Do you have any activity ideas using acorns/sunflower seeds?
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