Sunflower Seed Math: Adding

We have a little garden outside our class (in no way am I in-charge of this garden, I have a blue thumb…) and we have been growing sunflowers!  They grew so tall and their time was coming to an end, so the centers of them were turning into seeds!  Our class was so excited to pick the sunflower seeds, so I took them outside in small groups and they could pull out the seeds for a couple of minutes…talk about HANDS ON!

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We pulled out so many and I let them dry over night.  We just started our addition unit in math, so I thought it would be perfect to use them as a manipulative for adding!  I made a worksheet and they placed the seeds on the sheet to make an addition sentence.  Then they moved the seeds and drew circles to represent the same amount.

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We all had a great time  using our addition worksheet in Kindergarten!  And the best part….picking the SEEDS!  If you would like a free download of this worksheet, visit my TPT store {HERE}.

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8 responses to “Sunflower Seed Math: Adding”

  1. Sandra Avatar
    Sandra

    What great pictures and what fun the kids are having. I am your newest follower. I taught kindergarten for 5 years and loved it, but now I moved on up to first grade. Stop by and visit my blog sometime.
    Sandra
    Classroom Companion

  2. EmBellish Avatar
    EmBellish

    So cute! This is making me really want to plant Sunflowers outside of our classroom! What an awesome idea!

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    Tangled with Teaching

  3. Krogers Kindergarten Avatar
    Krogers Kindergarten

    How awesome that they got to pick the seeds themselves!

  4. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    How fun!!!! 🙂 I have a garden outside of my classroom too. It's full of weeds. Your garden is much prettier!!! 🙂

  5. Sandi  Avatar
    Sandi

    Love sunflowers! We are on a different part of the sunflower life cycle – we will plant sunflower seeds in the next few days. They are tall and beautiful when we come back to school in September. thanks for the free download.

    sandi
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  6. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    What lucky kiddos! Such a fun activity…thank you for sharing!!
    Bobbie

    The Daily Cupcake…A Kindergarten Blog

  7. Cacheymama Avatar
    Cacheymama

    I love this! Thanks for the free download. Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday!
    Lori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom

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    Canrex Biofuels Ltd

    So cute! great pictures for sunflower ,Thanks for you sharing. I love it.
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