Earlier and Later: Flower Bloom Sequencing Worksheet for Preschoolers
Sequencing events in order is an early scientific and narrative reasoning skill, and this worksheet uses the life cycle of a flower to give children ages 3-5 concrete practice with the concepts of 'earlier' and 'later.' By matching earlier-stage images to their later-stage counterparts, children start to understand cause and change over time, a concept that underlies both storytelling and basic science observation. Drawing the next stage of the flower's bloom afterward adds a predictive element, asking children to apply the pattern they've just observed.
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- Cognitive - Problem Solving > Sequencing Events
How to use this worksheet
Look at the 'Earlier' images together and describe what's happening in each one, then do the same for the 'Later' images. Ask your child to match each earlier picture to the later picture that shows what happens next by drawing a connecting line. Once all pairs are matched, point to the final flower image and ask your child to draw what they think comes after it. Talk through their prediction together before moving on.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Discuss other life cycles, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a tadpole becoming a frog.
- 2Plant a real seed in a cup and observe and sketch its growth over the following weeks.
- 3Draw and label the stages of a plant's growth on a separate sheet of paper.
- 4Read a book about plants or gardens and talk about which parts happen 'earlier' and 'later.'
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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