sunflowers
hello!
Hi greenthumbs. It’s dirtgirl here! This week it’s a SUNFLOWER SPECIAL!
Together, we’re going to find out all about sunflowers and how to grow them. We’re even going to learn how to make a sunflower house!
For something to do inside, there are some super sunflower activity sheets.
In our Love Food Club, we’re making oatmeal and sunflower seed cookies! And on my blog for kids, you can find out how to grow a rainbow garden.
So are you ready to get grubby? Let’s grow!
watch
Watch this video clip to get your sunflower adventure started.
super sunflowers
Sunflowers are like big, happy faces that smile at you every time you walk into your garden. I love their big beautiful flowers, their huge leaves and chunky stems, and especially all the seeds that live right in the middle of the flowers. Have you ever tried to count how many seeds are in a sunflower?! Sunflower heads can have over 1000 seeds in them!
Sunflowers are amazing!
let’s celebrate
Sea Week is on from 12-18 September! Sea Week is about loving our sea, getting to know stuff about the sea and discovering things we can do everyday to protect and care for the sea.
And don’t forget Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19 September!
grow
Sunflowers love the sun and they love warm weather.
Choose the sunniest spot in your garden. You can also grow them in a big pot or container. Plant your seeds about 4cm deep.
There are lots of different types of sunflowers. Some of my favourites are:
Giant Russian
Sunbird
Evening Sun
Double Dazzler
Moonwalker
Here are some more tips on how to grow your sunflowers.
grow a sunflower house
Have you ever heard of a sunflower house?! Watch this video to find out how to grow one!
colour in
Here’s something special to colour in.
scrapbook fun
And here are two fun activities to do inside.
today’s the day
This episode of Today’s the Day is all about sunflowers (it goes for about 10 minutes). We talk sunflowers, chill out with some sunflower yoga moves and dance to ‘buzzy buzzy’! You can find the song words below.
song words
Here are the song words for ‘buzzy buzzy’ so you can buzz along!
“grow tall little sunflower seeds”
— dirtgirl
listen
Now it’s time to listen to a podcast from Growing Giggles called ‘Let’s learn about sunflowers’. It goes for about 8 minutes.
And check out this happy sunflower music playlist!
handle with care
When you buy seedlings from the nursery, they usually come in plastic trays or pots. Most of these can be recycled. Check the bottom…is there a recycling symbol? What number is on the symbol? Check to see if they can go in your recycling bin.
Here’s another tip! Before you pop them in the recycling bin, see if you can reuse them for growing your own seeds! This is a great way to save money and a helpful way to reduce plastic! Just make sure you give them a good wash first.
love food club
Try making these delicious oatmeal and sunflower seed cookies! They are easy to make and a tasty treat for afternoon tea.
blog
You can make a rainbow garden by planting all sorts of different coloured plants and flowers…including yellow sunflowers of course! Find out how on my blog.
good news
A 9 year old girl called Frankie has started her own newspaper in Victoria, Australia! It’s called the Cheer Up Weekly and includes interviews with friends, a pet report and ‘five jokes that will make adults laugh’. She delivers it to letterboxes in her neighborhood on her rollerblades!
Frankie, you rock!!
What happy news did you discover this week?
share
I love it when you share your grubby adventures with us. Post any of your videos, photos, drawings or good news to social media and tag them #getgrubbyfamilies #dirtgirlworld. Send a letter to dirtgirl@dirtgirlworld.com (under 3MB, our mailbox is tiny!).
Or snail mail me at dirtgirl at dirtgirlworld C/O Whiporie PO, NSW AUSTRALIA 2469.
Let me know if you are happy for me to share them online or if they are for my eyes only. I understand if you have family privacy rules and we will always respect that!
bye
We hope you enjoyed this sunflower special!
See you next week for more get grubby adventures!
