Parts of the Seed Nomenclature Cards and Little Booklet

I just finished these free Parts of the Seed Cards for myself and for all of my wonderful readers.  YEAH!

You will notice that I have done something a little different for these cards.  There is actually not really a standard in the Montessori community when it comes to naming the parts of the seed.  I have made two cards for a couple of the parts so that you can choose which one you want to use at your place.

Parts of the Seed Nomenclature Cards
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The following terms are used:

• Seed Coat/Testa
• Seed Leaf/Cotyledon
• Radicle
• Embryo/Epicotyl

This is the Little Book to accompany the cards.  The child looks at the nomenclature card, colors the corresponding part on his/her page, and then writes in the name for that part.  You can cut them apart for the child, or they can do the cutting themselves.

Parts of the Seed Little Booklet
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This site carries my favorite bean seed puzzles to go along with these cards.  A Parts of the Seed Puzzle  could easily be made out of felt.  The following file could be used as a template.  I have used it on the shelf as a pasting activity for the children to make their own little seed to take home.  I will have to make an example in the next couple of weeks to show you.

Parts of the Seed Pasting Activity/Felt Puzzle Template
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