Little Scientists: Planting Seeds

Our budding scientists (pun intended!) dug into the soil so they could each plant a Runner Bean. Each planted a seed into their own little cup that they got to take home to watch as it grows.  Since it was just after Easter, we couldn’t resist a little Easter egg craft to use as labels as well! They starting seeing growth in a short week and the bean very quickly after that! What a great project to teach responsibility.  We'll be transferring these to another pot as in just a month the little bean plant is 2 feet tall!

After planting, we carried on our Baby Animal theme and read “Are You My Mother?” by P.D. Eastman. The children loved the story of the baby bird searching for his mother.  We finished up with some fun dancing and singing in which the children pretended they were elephants! 

       

              My daughter was so excited to
            see the roots starting to grow

And those roots grew quickly,
This is the next day!

            

              And finally we saw the leaf sprout
       from below the soil!

Final product! One month after planting!
My kids were so thrilled to see a plant they
 grew from scratch.