Flowers Activity: More on Nouns and Verbs

I was getting ready for my lesson today and hit a wall. I just couldn't figure out a fun activity to review nouns and verbs. Every single site I went to offered a worksheet, and I really didn't want to do a worksheet to review.

So I decided that, since flowers are starting to bloom, we would do a noun and verb activity with flowers. Here's what I did:

1) I cut out two yellow circles about the size of the bottom of a cup. On these, I wrote "noun" and "verb". These are the centers of my flowers.

2) I cut petals out of pink and orange paper. I didn't do any particular size on these, just what looks good. However, I did cut them all the same size. You will need eight pink and eight orange for each flower.

3) On each of the petals, I wrote a noun or a verb. Remember, each flower should have eight petals.

4) Using a medium-sized white board (you can use whatever you have around, walls would work fine!), I taped the flower centers to the board. On one side of the board, I mixed the petals up and taped them in no particular order.

5) I introduced the activity and gave my learner five minutes to complete it independently. When she asked, I helped her with more difficult words.

I used this as a review, but it could easily be used during the initial lesson. If you're teaching a boy who isn't interested in flowers, you could change the theme. For example, a noun and a verb cloud with nouns and verbs written on raindrops. You can also change it to fit whatever topic you're teaching.

I think this activity worked well becuase it not only showed me what we needed to continue working on, but it also worked as an assessment without any anxiety. I would definitely recommend trying it!