Montessori Unit Lessons: Sunflowers

For our unit on sunflowers, I set up a little art station.  It included a tablet of watercolor paper, green and yellow paint, stencil sponges, a stencil, and a smock.  (and lots of paper towels and baby wipes)

I found these cute little sponges at Hobby Lobby next to the stencils.  They are perfect for little fingers!

The stencil is also from Hobby Lobby.

I demonstrated how to use the sponges and stencils to paint the tops yellow and the stems green.  

My finished product.

They each had a try.

Love this photo of one painting and the others working together in the sensory bin :).

Charger had his own way of holding the sponge.

They had a lot of fun, and it wasn't terribly messy.  

Other things we used in our sunflower unit. 

Two great books {both found at yard sale the week before).

We worked on sunflower books and three part cards that are a free download available from Just Montessori.

And then we discussed the life cycle of a sunflower using the printables found on Making Learning Fun.  It's supposed to be a game, but I just used them to help with my lesson.  

Plus, there was the Garden Sensory Tub to explore.  

It was a fun little unit!  

We will be linking up 

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!