Tomato Life Cycle
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This Tomato Life Cycle resource helps children ages 3 to 6 understand plant growth and development through hands-on Montessori nomenclature card work in this printable PDF format.
🍅 WHAT'S INCLUDED
- 4-stage life cycle poster with detailed illustrations
- Labeling worksheet for hands-on practice
- 6 sets of nomenclature cards (picture + label, picture only, label only, control card)
- Complete tomato plant growth sequence
- 6 printable pages total
🌿 SKILLS DEVELOPED
- Understanding of plant life cycles and growth stages
- Sequencing and temporal order recognition
- Scientific vocabulary building
- Observation and classification skills
- Reading readiness through matching activities
- Nature awareness and appreciation
- Independent learning through self-correcting materials
- Agricultural awareness and food sources
✓ PERFECT FOR
- Preschool and kindergarten ages 3-6
- Spring and summer science units
- Garden and plant theme activities
- Montessori cultural and science work
- Homeschool nature studies
- Vegetable and healthy eating lessons
- Farm-to-table education
- Botany introduction
💡 ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Use when introducing lessons on tomatoes, especially for spring and summer theme activities. Add hands-on extensions like slicing tomatoes to observe seeds, tasting different varieties to explore diversity, and plucking ripe tomatoes from the vine if you have a garden. Use the nomenclature cards to teach sequencing and life cycle stages through traditional three-period lessons. Children can match pictures to labels independently, then self-check with control cards. Perfect for garden-based learning programs where students can observe actual tomato plants growing through these same stages.
🎯 AGE RANGE
Developmentally appropriate for ages 3-6 (preschool through kindergarten).