Parts of a plant for kids is one of the first real science lessons, and it is easy to see and touch at home. On this page your child taps each part and hears its name and job in clear audio in Hindi and English: the root (जड़), stem (तना), leaf (पत्ती), flower (फूल), fruit (फल) and seed (बीज). A second game asks your child to find each part, and a third asks them to put pictures in order, like seed, sprout, plant and flower.
What are the parts of a plant, and what do they do?
Most flowering plants have six parts that young children can learn. The table below uses the same simple words your child hears in the game, so the talk at home matches the play.
| Part | Hindi | Where it is | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Root | जड़ | Under the ground | Holds the plant in the soil and drinks water. |
| Stem | तना | Above the ground | Holds the plant up and carries water to the leaves. |
| Leaf | पत्ती | On the stem and branches | Uses sunlight to make food for the plant. |
| Flower | फूल | Usually at the top | Is colourful, and bees and butterflies come to visit. |
| Fruit | फल | Grows from the flower | Keeps the seeds safe inside; many fruits are good to eat. |
| Seed | बीज | Inside the fruit | A new plant grows from it. |
This is the whole parts of a plant chart your child needs before class 3. Print this page from your browser and the table works as a chart with the functions written in. The part of a plant that grows underground is the root; in some plants, like carrots and radishes, the root is the part we eat.
Some books ask "what are the 10 parts of a plant". Older children in class 3 to 5 add branches, buds, petals, thorns and more. For ages 3-6, the six main parts are enough, and mastering them first makes the longer list easy later.
What your child learns, and at what age
- Age 3-4 (preschoolers and nursery): the words leaf, flower and fruit, and the idea that plants need water and sun. Point to them on a real plant.
- Age 4-5 (LKG, UKG and kindergarten): all six names, and that roots are under the ground. Kindergarten children love the "In order" game.
- Age 5-6 (class 1 and grade 1): the name and job of each part in Hindi and English, labelling a simple diagram, and the life cycle from seed to plant.
- Class 2 and grade 2: kinds of plants for kids (trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers and creepers) and which part of a plant we eat. A shrub is a small bushy plant with many woody stems, like a rose bush.
How to play the parts of a plant game
There are three modes in this online game. Parts shows the six plant parts; tap one to hear its name and what it does. Find it asks "Where is the root?" and your child taps the right picture. In order shows a short sequence mixed up, such as seed, sprout, plant and flower, and your child taps them in the right order. This mode also mixes in other everyday sequences, like how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly and how to wash hands, which build the same "first, next, last" thinking.
No game ever says "wrong". A wrong tap gets a gentle hint: your child hears what they tapped, the right answer glows, and Golu the marble points. Each game ends with a marble in the Goli Jar; count them together. The अ+A button picks Hindi first, English first or one language only, and Settings (behind a grown-up check) set your child's age and calm sound or motion.
How to teach parts of a plant at home in 5-10 minutes
- Pull up a weed. In the park or a pot, gently pull up a small weed and look at the root, stem and leaves. This hands-on activity makes the idea real in one minute.
- Kitchen plant parts. In the kitchen, sort vegetables by the part we eat: carrot and radish (root), potato (a stem that grows under the ground), spinach and methi (leaf), cauliflower (flower), tomato and brinjal (fruit), and peas and rajma (seed).
- Grow a seed. Put a few moong or rajma seeds on wet cotton in a bowl. In two or three days, roots and shoots come out. This is one of the best easy plants for kids to grow, and it becomes a small science project.
- Coloured water. Put a white flower or a celery stick in water with a few drops of food colour. Over a day, the colour climbs up the stem, which shows the stem carrying water.
- Body game. Feet are roots, legs are the stem, arms are branches, fingers are leaves, and your face is the flower. Stand and "grow" together.
A teacher's lesson plan can follow the same order: 5 minutes of the Parts game, 10 minutes with a real plant, 10 minutes labelling a drawing, and 5 minutes playing In order.
Parts of a plant drawing: an easy diagram for kids
Here is how to draw a simple parts of a plant diagram, even if you do not think you can draw. First draw a line for the ground. Below it, draw wiggly lines for roots. From the ground, draw a straight line up for the stem. Add two or three leaves shaped like eyes on the stem. Put a circle with petals around it at the top for the flower. On one side, draw a small round fruit with dots inside for seeds. Now label each part, or let your child place sticky notes with the names. This easy drawing is also a neat worksheet: print this page and let your child copy the labels from the table.
For a parts of a plant model or project, stick real parts on card: a small root, a twig for the stem, a leaf, a pressed flower and a few seeds. Write the name of each in English and Hindi below it.
Easy plants for kids to grow in pots
Growing a plant is the best way to learn its parts. These are safe, easy plants for beginners that grow well indoors on a sunny windowsill or in pots on a balcony:
- Moong or methi sprouts: show roots in two days.
- Marigold: grows fast from seed and flowers in a few weeks.
- Tulsi: a small, hardy plant found in many Indian homes.
- Money plant: grows in a bottle of water, so children can see the roots. Keep it out of reach of toddlers and pets, since it is not safe to eat.
- Sunflower: grows tall and lets children measure it every week.
Choose child-friendly plants for a kid's room or garden, and avoid plants with thorns or sticky sap near small children. Always wash hands after gardening.
Plants in Indian life
Plants are everywhere in Indian culture. The neem tree gives shade, the banyan is our national tree, and the lotus, our national flower, has roots in the mud of a pond. Farmers sow seeds when the monsoon rain comes, and children can watch rice or wheat fields change from green shoots to golden grain. Around the world, the same six parts are taught in every school, so what your child learns here carries across languages and countries.
Keep exploring: flowers name in Hindi and English, fruits name, vegetables name in Hindi to match with plant parts, and environment for kids to learn why we should save trees.
Tips for every child
Praise noticing: "You found the tiny root!" If your child gets frustrated with the In order game, go back to the Parts board and play it together. For speech delay, pointing to a real leaf counts as an answer. Autistic children often enjoy the predictable steps of growing seeds and checking them each day. In bilingual homes, use the Hindi and English names side by side. Keep screen time short and shared, and remember that under-twos learn more from a real plant and a grown-up than from any screen. If you are worried about your child's development, talk to your paediatrician.
How to use this page at home
Say it, then find it
Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: parts of a plant on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.
Ten minutes is enough
Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.
Use both languages
Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.
