Free Kids Guide to Plants and Flowers

In between marathon video game sessions and other indoor activities, kids should take some time to get out and enjoy nature. While nature may not seem as exciting as the latest video game or the hottest toy, there is a lot for kids to experience outdoors and, best of all, it is all free. Taking a few moments to help kids learn about the plants and flowers they discover outdoors will help them discover some of the more fascinating elements of nature and learn to appreciate the great outdoors. Soon they will be identifying plants and flowers, explaining how they grow and maybe even trying to grow some plants and flowers of their own.

All about Plants and Flowers

Plants and flowers start out as tiny seeds and grow into living organisms that play an important part in the environment. Teaching kids to understand the role plants and flowers play in the environment includes teaching them all about how these organisms grow and what they need to survive. It also involves teaching them to recognize the plants and flowers they find around them.

• Kids World: Plant Nutrition – Learn how plants get the nutrition they need to survive and what nutrients they provide as well.
• How Plants Grow – Control the different variables involved with plant growth and see if you can make the plant grow.
• Peep Plants a Seed – Find out what happens after a seed is planted.
• The Life Cycle of Plants – Go through these interactive activities to learn all about how plants grow.
• BrainPop Jr.: Plant Life Cycle – Learn how a plant gets from a seed to its full-grown state.
• The Great Plant Escape – Be a detective and solve a mystery as you learn about plants and flowers.
• Plant Kingdom Slideshow – Discover the different species of plants that exist.
• What Plants Need – This simple diagram highlights what plants need to grow.
• Pollination – Discover what pollination is and how the different parts of a flower are involved in the process.
• Classification of Plants and Animals – Learn ways to determine what the plants and flowers you find are.

Unique Plants and Flowers

Scientists have discovered over 300,000 species of plants and flowers, but some stand out more than others. Many catch kids’ attention based on how they look, feel or smell. Other plants are poisonous or know to irritate kids with allergies and they should be taught to recognize them and avoid their harmful effects.

• Photos of Poisonous Plants and Flowers for Children – Not all plants are good to eat or even pick up and these photos make them easy to identify.
• Plants that Irritate – Allergies and rashes are not fun, but if you know what plants cause them you can avoid some of the problems.
• Chomp! Meat-Eating Plants – Some plants eat bugs, insects and other living organisms.
• Plants that Kids Love to Touch – These plants are fuzzy, sticky and have other fun features.
• Green Invaders – Some plants grow too quickly and become problems.
• Top 10 Unique Plants – Kids like these plants because of their unique look and feel.
• 14 Amazingly Unique Plants – These plants not only look cool, they also have special functions.
• Plant Tours with Briggy – Take a trip with Briggy as she introduces you to some very unique plants.

Gardening Basics

Few activities help kids appreciate plants and flowers more than giving them a chance to grow their own. When kids plant their own garden, they learn about the life cycle of plants first-hand and get to be a part of helping something grow. While it may take a lot patience waiting for plants and flowers to grow, kids will enjoy the end result, especially if their gardening results in fruits and vegetables they can eat.

• Junior Master Gardener – Go through the activities to help kids learn everything they need to know about gardening.
• My First Garden: Gardening FUNdamentals – Discover the basics of gardening from when to start planting to how to measure in the garden.
• Kids Gardening – Get tips for planting a garden and a list of good things for kids to grow.
• Gardening with Children – From the benefits of gardening to gardening safety, this guide sums up what it takes to create a garden with kids.
• Tips for Gardening with Children – Follow these tips to help kids grow to love gardening.
• Learn to Grow Your Own Food – It only takes a few simple steps for kids to learn to grow their own food.