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Busy Things hosts over 1600 curriculum-linked activities and games for early years and primary aged children. A school subscription also includes lots of features and tools for teachers that promise to save planning time. Take a free trial to have a proper play or book a demo here.
Flowers
Choose a flower shape to decorate. Try out all the different colours, textures and stamps.
Notice how all your marks are symmetrical!
Discussion points
- What do plants need to stay alive and grow?
- Can you name the different parts of your flower?
Teaching tips:
Use with ‘Colour a bug’, 'Snowflakes’ and ‘Mirror magic’ for fun activities around symmetry.
Children could use objects or items to create their own symmetrical picture. For example, they could use natural materials like sticks, pebbles and leaves to make a symmetrical face or blocks and counters to build a symmetrical house.
Stem sentences:
‘A ____ is symmetrical because ______.’
‘A _____ is not symmetrical because _____.’
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