The Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study Curriculum Guide with The Build Your Masterpiece Class

Today we are going to be learning all about the Potato and it’s life cycles. Enjoy the poster to hang up in your classroom, and use for reference for your students, as well as the identical coloring page for them to color in. Use the Montessori-Inspired 3-part cards to learn each stage of development of a Potato plant. Ways to use them include; laminating them and cutting them out to use to build vocabulary, enrich language with classification, reading, writing, and art. 

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Here are more ideas:

- use the picture cards without labels for basic identification and vocabulary activities. Print out two copies of the pictures and use the images only to create a classic memory game, of matching picture to picture.

-match the labels to the pictures.

  • use the cards for a writing or spelling lesson, including books with the cards for additional language connection. Find our suggested reading list below. We have also included Recipes, Copy-work, and tracing you to enjoy as well.

  • Read this blog post we wrote with lots of ideas for how to use Potatoes in your Homeschool with our Unit Study!

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You may also like to pair this Unit Study with our Adventures in Ireland 1, with the Build Your Masterpiece Class, where we will learn about the history of the Irish Potato, Art Appreciation with Potatoes, as well as cook traditional recipes with Potatoes and so much more! We are also releasing a Garden Learning Pack, that will also compliment this unit study as well. I hope you enjoy building a masterpiece with your kids!

Come join our Facebook Group, and share your masterpieces created along the way. You can also share on Instagram by tagging @build_your_masterpiece_class - I love to share your children’s brilliant creations!  Sincerely, Alexandra Derry

We have included Amazon links for your shopping convenience. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If we find a read-aloud of the books (as some may be found in your local library, some may not) we will be linking those here for you as well.

Potato Inspired Book List

Two Old Potatoes by John Coy

The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis

I'm a Baked Potato by Elise Primavera

The Potato People by Pamela Allen

Potato Joe by Keith Baker

How to Make the Absolute Best Baked Potatoes by America’s Test Kitchen

Hasselback Potatoes Recipe by How Tasty Channel

We found a variation of this recipe, using ham, and cheese inside the slices! Wow, that could be a yummy one to try next:

This Life Cycle of a Clover goes lovely with Adventures in Ireland 1, which has more fun learning with Potatoes too!

Adventures in Ireland 1: Potatoes + Irish Stew + Soda Bread
Adventures in Ireland 1: Potatoes + Irish Stew + Soda Bread
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Continue your #readpaintcook journey with our first Adventure in Ireland with the Build Your Masterpiece Class, all about the flag, map, and History of the Irish Potato! This is the first of 3 adventures in Ireland, and includes hands-on art projects, art appreciation, art history, cooking Irish soda bread and lamb and vegetable stew, plus so much more! Perfect for kids ages 3 to 13 and beyond with our 40 page PDF. This adventure goes perfectly with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study which is part of the Food We Eat Series of Life Cycle Unit Studies and our Vegetable Garden Learning Pack.

What’s included:

  • 5 Lesson Plans; I is for Ireland, History of the Irish Flags, P is for Potato, History of the Irish Potato, Irish Art Appreciation, and S is for Soda Bread

  • Book Lists for all topics, plus YouTube video links via QR Codes with as many read aloud’s as we can find for you to enjoy on the go

  • 5 coloring pages; Europe Map, Ireland Map, Ireland Flag, Potatoes in the Garden, Irish Soda Bread

  • Letter pages for PreK-grade 2

  • Worksheets; sentence tracing and coloring for K-3+

  • Artist Spotlight and Art Appreciation of Gerard Dillion 1916-1971 and a focus on the Connemara area of Ireland

  • 1 Art Project; Potato Stamping

  • 2 traditional recipes of Irish Soda Bread and Authentic Irish Stew with a Lesson Plan, History lesson, books and Coloring Page for life skills in the kitchen, math connections and more!

  • Plus Additional Learning Resources via QR Codes with so many fun things to learn right at your fingertips while teaching

  • Europe Coloring Map - Find Italy on it and color it in. Use again and again to continue to add more color as you learn about more countries along your #readpaintcook journey

  • The Build Your Masterpiece Class Passport and Stamp Ireland #1 to collect!

  • 3-part cards for the topics learned in this lesson about Ireland’s Flags, Map, Potatoes, old ways of cooking, Connemara, and more.

This digital product is for personal use only. Books and props not included, mix + match this adventure with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study.

And if you are in the mood for more #Gardenschooling, we have just released some really fun Garden Units, you may love to pair with your Life Cycle of a Potato: