This week the children will partake in learning experiences that relate to flowers. Our read aloud was titled The Surprise Garden. I also shared with the children a seed book that I made. I cut the top off of the seed packets that I had at home and dumped the seeds into a zip lock bag. I then placed the empty packet in the bag. Lastly, I stapled the bags together to make a book. This book will allow the children to compare and contrast different types of seeds. Our song for the day was "Flowers, Stems, Leaves, and Roots," which we sang to the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."
With Miss Sue today the children cut out the steps taken to plant seeds. They then sequenced them in order and glued them on a sentence strip. Next, they followed the steps to plant Marigold seeds. At my center the children made book tilted What do seeds need to grow? On each page the sentence described one thing that seeds needed to grow. The children then drew the object in as part of the illustration. For example, on the page that said, "Seeds need sun to grow," the children drew a sun.
At closing circle we placed bean seeds and carrot seeds in zip lock bags along with cotton balls and water. We then predicted which seed we thought would sprout first; the Marigold, bean, or carrot. The carrot seed received the most votes. Many of the children said they chose this seed because they love to eat carrots. I hung the seeds in the window so they would receive heat from the sun. We will observe the seeds over the next few days and weeks in hopes that they sprout soon.
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