How does a pearl begin? Where does honey come from? Lumi the firefly finds out, and now your child can too! ✨

Each set has 4 picture cards that show how something begins, step by step. Your child cuts them out, puts them in order on Lumi's sorting mat, and tells the story: "First... next... then... last!"

WHAT'S INSIDE (11 pages)

1. Cover page

2. Lumi's Sorting Mat: First, Next, Then, Last, with how-to-play instructions

3-9. 7 sets of sequencing cards (4 cards each, 28 cards in total), mixed up on the page with cut lines:

• How a Pearl Begins

• How a Butterfly Begins

• How Honey Begins

• How Bread Begins

• How an Island Begins

• How a Chick Begins

• How a Tree Begins

Every set has a short caption on each card and a "Did you know?" fact from Lumi's episodes.

10. Answer Key for grown-ups

11. Draw Your Own: How Does It Begin? (4 boxes to draw a story in order)

WHAT YOUR CHILD PRACTICES

• Sequencing and logical thinking

• Storytelling with First, Next, Then, Last

• Early science: life cycles and how things are made

• Scissor skills

FILES YOU GET (2 PDF files, same 11 pages in each)

• Lumi_How_Things_Begin_A4.pdf: A4 size (210 x 297 mm), 11 pages, 5.0 MB

• Lumi_How_Things_Begin_Letter.pdf: US Letter size (8.5 x 11 in), 11 pages, 5.0 MB

Choose the size that matches your printer paper.

FORMAT

• Instant PDF download

• Full-color illustrated cards

• Tip: print the cards on cardstock and laminate them to use again and again

AGES: 3-7

FOR: parents, homeschoolers, preschool and kindergarten teachers

LICENSE

Personal use and one classroom. Print as many copies as you need for your family or your class. Please don't resell, share or upload the files.