Math in Nature Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Littles (K-3)$7

Hunt for patterns, count petals, and make mirror-image art from nature.

This is the Littles Edition of Math in Nature: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: Where can we find patterns, spirals and matching halves in nature?

The Week

• Mon: Spirals Everywhere (Reading) • Tue: Stripes, Spots and Claps (Writing & Words) • Wed: The Pattern Walk (Science & Math) • Thu: Mirror Butterflies (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Our Pattern Museum (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Math in Nature has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
Lab sheet: The Pattern Walk
Sequence cards (Make a Mirror Butterfly) and a cut-and-sort page (Spirals or Stripes?)
Writing page: My Nature Pattern
Hands-on project: Our Pattern Museum
Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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