Activity Idea - Spring Flower Hunt

Take a walk in your local area or school grounds and see what spring flowers you can spot!

A lovely outdoor activity for a spring day, download our free printable activity sheet below and tick off the flowers as you find them.

Free activity sheet download

Dig a little deeper...
Take along a magnifying glass and one of our Flower ID guides to identify any other species you may spot on your hunt! Why not repeat the activity in another 1 or 2 weeks time and record any changes you see?

Questions to ask...
Were there more or less flowers than you expected to see today?
Have you seen any flowers today that you've never noticed before?
Which flowers did you find easy to identify? Which were a bit more tricky?

Curriculum links for younger groups...
Count numbers of flowers or petals.
More than and less than -> which flower has more petals? Does a snowdrop have less or more petals than a daffodil?
Practice writing plant names.
Talk about colours and shades that they can see.

Curriculum links for older groups...
Take a look with your magnifying glasses, can you identify the different parts of the plant and flowers?
Draw detailed diagrams labelling the parts of the plant.
Practice writing species names.
Do you know any or can we research the latin plant names?
Drawing or painting from life. 

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