Growing Flowers

Learning Outcomes

Children will improve balance and body control while moving through different plant shapes.

Children will enhance coordination by changing levels and movements smoothly (crouch, rise, sway, droop).

Children will develop imagination and creativity by acting out different plants and environmental changes.

Children will practice spatial awareness by using open space safely.

Children will build listening and movement response skills by following cues (wind, sun, night, winter).

Description Of Activity

• Have your child find an open space on the floor or ground.
• Tell your child to crouch into a ball (seed).
• Tell your child to start growing like a flower. Rise up slowly and reach out with arms as if sprouting.
• Try different plant actions:The wind blows: sway and wave armsPlant gets thirsty: droop over forwardNighttime comes: close arms like petals closingThe sun comes out: stretch arms upwardWinter comes: crumble to ground
• Repeat as a different kind of flower, bush or tree.

This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imagine and imitate the movement of a flower as it grows and blossoms.

Variations

If you have a group, some children can be gardeners who walk around and water the flowers they must make sure the flowers continue to grow the children who are flowers should bend if they go too long without water

Benefits

Equipment/Material Required

Floor space or open space outdoors
Music (optional)