Wildflower ID Game

Posted by Cindy on July 19, 2011

I’ve found a WONDERFUL card game to help you and your children get to know flower families better!! It’s called Shanleya’s Quest.

***Before I go any further, you need to know: There is a book of the same title that I do not recommend. The book includes both evolutionary and “new age” material. It is not suitable for a Christian family.***

The card game, however, is just lovely!

There are several games to play with the deck of cards, but our favorite happens to be a simple memory style game where you look for flowers that are in the same family. Through the games, you are taught and begin to recognize easily the characteristics that make up the flowers in each family. The aster, grass, lily, mint, mustard, parsley, pea and rose families are covered. HOPS Press even offers some lesson plan ideas to supplement the game.

Because of the actual photographs on the cards, my children are not only recognizing flower families now, but also naming the particular flowers when we see them on a nature walk! This is a two-thumbs up addition to your Wonderful Wildflowers NaturExplorers study!