Sunflowers

We have been learning about growing cycles, and have studied the sunflower for this.
We have been reading The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.  

This is a beautifully illustrated story of how a little seed journeys across land and sea through the seasons to grow as a giant flower in the summer, and then to repeat the cycle at the end of summer.

Here we are looking at some sunflowers growing near our room.  

We can see the seeds ready to burst out of the dried flower head

We wonder if we can plant these seeds again now - will they grow or do we have to wait until next Spring?

 The children then drew, coloured and dyed some very beautiful sunflowers.  I also got these as lovely cards to wish me a speedy recovery after my surgery.  

Thank you!!