“Flowers” explained in 4 pictures

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Young children understand that flowers are part of plants, come in many colors and shapes, bloom from buds, and sometimes attract insects

Flowers bloom on plants.
They come in many colors, such as red, yellow, white, and purple.
Their shapes and sizes are different depending on the flower.

💬 What Is a Flower?

Flowers bloom on plants. They come in many colors, such as red, yellow, white, and purple. Their shapes and sizes are different depending on the flower.

🤔 What color flowers have you seen?

A flower has petals.
It has a stem that supports the flower.
Green leaves are also an important part of a plant.

💬 Let’s Look at the Parts of a Flower

A flower has petals. It has a stem that supports the flower. Green leaves are also an important part of a plant.

🤔 Where are the petals? Where are the leaves?

At first, a flower is a small bud.
The bud opens little by little.
When it opens wide, we say the flower has bloomed.

💬 A Flower Blooms from a Bud

At first, a flower is a small bud. The bud opens little by little. When it opens wide, we say the flower has bloomed.

🤔 What is different about the bud and the blooming flower?

Butterflies and honeybees sometimes come to flowers.
Insects are attracted to the colors and scents of flowers.
Flowers live connected with insects.

💬 Insects Sometimes Come to Flowers

Butterflies and honeybees sometimes come to flowers. Insects are attracted to the colors and scents of flowers. Flowers live connected with insects.

🤔 Have you ever seen insects around flowers?