What a busy week! I canโt believe it is only Thursday! Well weโve been up to our elbows in plants this week. Hereโs a peek at whatโs been โsproutinโโ in our classroom!
To kick off our seeds and plants unit, weโve been using The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
(You can check out this special โseededโ versionย here on Amazon)
as a close read. This story lends itself nicely to how seeds travel, so after reading the story, we discussed how seeds travel and why seeds to travel away from their โparent plantโ.
We used this cute video I found on Youtube to illustrate the idea further.
In science, we discussed what plants needed to grow. Of course the usual suspects popped up: water, soil, sun, and air. Then I asked if a seed could grow without soil. The opinions were mixed so we took to the scientific process to find an answer to this question.
We gathered up our supplies to make soil-less gardens (AKA: Seeds in a bag taped to the window;))
Hereโs a quick tip for you: soak your seeds in water for a few hours before. This will help speed up the germination process.
Hereโs our soil-less garden!
Everyday we make observations and write in our seed journals.
Earlier this week we also dissected a large Lima bean.
We used the dissection to create a diagram of the inside of a seed.ย (Itโs better to soak those too!)
We then glued that on the inside cover of our seed journals.
ย andโฆLook what we discovered today!
#teachersprayerwasanswered
Seeds and plants are of course making their way into our centers this week as well. My kiddos worked on sequencing the steps of planting a flower.
(You can find this center and other Spring inspired activities in my Spring Days Center pack!)
and they loved being โseed detectivesโ ย as they worked through this seed inferencingย activity from my โSprout!โ Thematic Unit.
Later this week, weโll work on labeling the parts of plant with this fun (and EASY) diagram activity.
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(The kiddos just <3 the fold-down to reveal the roots! )
You can find all these activities and MORE in this Seeds and Plants Unit!
Now I am off to rip open this little box I found on my doorstep this afternoon!
Happy planting!
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