Observations of the Spider Chrysanthemums

Last week when the Ganon children were working in the garden, many conversations about the way flowers looked, felt, and smelled were overheard.  The interest in the flowers encouraged me to bring in some flowers that the children could observe and discover with a variety of their senses.  The flowers were left for the children to discover on their own during Free Play time.  Then we included the flowers during our Morning Meeting and time for each child to touch, observe, and smell.  

J. G. - "The are green. They smell different than any flower that I ever smell."
A. B. - The flowers smell good."
E. S. - "The flower looks bigger when I look at it through the magnifying glass with it."
R. C. - "The leaf was soft."
O. A. - "It feels like grass."
H. S. - "The leaves feel soft."
E. S. - The petals feel like grass and the leaves feel smooth."
J. D. - "It feels like a baby."
A. R. - "It looks more bigger, a lot of petals."
S. H. - "Nice, like grass."
C. B. - "Smells good, but feels like grass.   They feel a lot different."
E. G. - "Purple and green and brown."
E. K. - "It smells like grass."
D. A. - "It feels good."
L. G. - "It smells like water."