Sunflower Exploration

Sunflower Exploration!

 

 

Thank you so much to Chris' Farm Stand who donated this lovely sunflower to our school.

 

 

The children have been having lots of fun learning some fun facts about the happy looking sunflower such as...

 

**The French word for sunflower is tournesol, which translates literally to "turned sun," referring to the plant's ability to turn itself to face the sun.

**Not all sunflower petals are yellow. There are more than 60 varieties of sunflowers that live around the world—some of these varieties have striped petals. Some sunflowers also have different interior shades.
**There are two kinds of sunflower seeds. Sunflower oil which is used in cooking and in margarines is made from black seeds and snack food is made from the striped seeds. The seeds can also be used as bird feed.
**As of 2012, the Guinness World Record for the tallest sunflower is 8.23 m (27 ft) for a sunflower grown in Germany
**Sunflowers attract bees, making them useful in areas where people are beekeeping and looking to attract more bees.
**Kansas is often known as the Sunflower state and the flower is in fact Kansas's state flower. The sunflower is also the national flower of Ukraine.
Fun facts found on sciencekids.

The children have been using their fine motor muscles to use tweezers to take the seeds out of the flower. We are planning on planting the seeds in our garden out front to see if we can grow our own sunflowers and have the children learn about the life cycle of the flower first hand! 

 

 

So much Fall fun happening here at Haverhill Day Care!

 

Hands on learning is minds on learning!