Preschool Activities

Get some old plastic vases from garage sales or thrift stores. Find fake flowers in the same places. You can buy this stuff new, but I hate to spend more than I have to. Now put a Velcro dot on the front of each vase, use the scratchy side. Put the soft side of the Velcro on a poker chip and write numbers on the chips. Place a chip on the front of each vase and have the child put that many flowers in the vase. For younger children make sure you get fake flowers with only one blossom per stem so as not to confuse them. You can also set this up as a sorting activity with different colors or varieties of flowers in each vase.

Enrichment: Planting some real flowers will add appeal to this game as well as to your front yard. You can enhance the activity with the old familiar dye a white carnation science project as well. Place a white carnation in a glass of colored water and watch the color seep into the flower. If you want to include some community service make some simple flower arrangements to donate to a local nursing home or shelter. Don't forget to taste some edible flowers.