{Printable} The life cycle of a green bean plant

The theme in USB’s class this term is animals and plants so he has been interested in knowing more about life cycles and animal anatomy. I’m not sure if they’ve started on plants yet but I have been hearing a lot about different animals!

I set up this green bean life cycle set from Safari Ltd and made a printable showing the progression in seed growth. There are a few free printables available online to go with the life cycle set but I chose to make my own so I can use the font that USB is practising in his classroom. I have also made 3-part cards printables which I will set up for USB another day and the same printable can be made into a book.

To present the tray, I showed each model and verbally said its corresponding state on the life cycle and placed the model in the correct box. The great thing about this set is that each of the models has a label on the bottom so the child can self-correct by checking the labels against their work on the sheet.

Hopefully, some time during the week, we’ll plant some green bean seeds and see if we could get some seedlings. If you use the printables, please leave a comment and link back to this blog and tag @fix.grow.create on Instagram if you take a photo :)

Links to printables:

The green bean plant life cycle sheet

The plant life cycle 3-part cards
 
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{Printable} Number Bingo

This classic game is perfect for brushing up your child's number recognition skills.
 
What I did:

I printed out the bingo sheet and numbers and laminated them (optional), cut the numbers and place them in a bag (or box). I then used a permanent marker to randomly write down the numbers in the squares on the sheets.

How to play:

1. Each player gets a sheet and a washable stamping marker (or any washable marker will do).
2. A number is taken out of the bag and each player marks the corresponding number on their sheet. 
3. The first player to get 5 numbers marked in a row yells out BINGO! and wins.

To play again, simply wipe off the marker on the sheet. If you want to change the numbers on the sheet, use rubbing alcohol to take off the numbers written with the permanent marker.

The great thing about this game is that you can use any numbers you want depending on your child's level. I will include more printables later on for other numbers.

The printables for the Bingo sheets and numbers from 1-25:

Bingo Sheet
Bingo numbers (1-25)

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{Printable} Basic shapes

Cutting and shapes

This activity helps with gripping, wrist movement and shape identification. Have your child cut out the shapes following the straight lines and curves. Then you may want to talk about the different basic shapes.

Here is the printable of basic shapes for the cutting activity:

Basic shapes

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{DIY} Father's day printable and gift

Tomorrow us down under will be celebrating Father's Day!

We just repurposed a honey jar and filled it up with Nijaz's favourite nuts (you can fill it up with whatever dad's favourite nibs like chocolates, popcorn, etc.) and printed out a simple tag on card stock. Then, I punched a hole on it and hung it around the jar with twine. Easy peasy and cheap-ish hehe.

Umar also made a pet rock for him at playgroup and we got him a card.

I've included the printables in black and white and blue, just click on the appropriate links below.

Happy Father's day in blue

Happy Father's day in black & white

Happy Papa's day in blue

Happy Papa's day in black & white

All four

Happy father's day to all the awesome guys in our lives!

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