Nursery World - We‘ve explored… florists

Bright red poppies in the planting area at Little Angels Day Care Nursery in Brighton, East Sussex led children to find out more about flowers, including the role of a florist. By Annette Rawstrone

what they did

After the children started showing an interest in the poppies, staff encouraged them to smell the flowers and look closely at them. They helped them to identify different parts of the poppy. Observations of the flowers led to some children sitting outside and drawing them, taking care to include the details that they had examined.

‘We talked about how we don’t pick flowers without first asking for permission and that the poppies are very delicate, so the children needed to be careful with them so that others can enjoy them too,’ says Sam.

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