Plants and Gardens

A fun week to explore another type of life cycle...plants! The kiddos had fun comparing plants to butterflies and frogs! We learned what plants need to grow and why they stop growing. We even talked about plants that we eat (this will tie in great with our farm theme next week). We also covered the letter Zz and continued with numbers 1-10.

Thursday:

We read the story a "Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle.
Then we made bird feeders made of tiny seeds.

A simple and sticky project!

Sweet friends helping one another!

"dirt and worms" for snack...brought by this sweet boy!

We took a close look at a flower and examined each part very carefully. It was neat to look at the roots up close!
We also learned that the flower needs its roots to grow! If we pick it...it won't grow anymore!

Z is for zebra! We tore pieces of paper to give this zebra some stripes!

So hard for those sweet fingers!

Now onto our cool flowers. This was a 2 day project. We put the parts on the flower the first day and labeled it on Friday. 

Flower with petals, stem, leaves, and roots.

Friday:

Each kiddos got to paint their own flower pot. We used acrylic paint and they were sprayed and sealed too so watering them shouldn't be a problem.

These sweet kiddos worked super hard! Such great artists I have.

Perfection!

After we painted we got to plant something...perfect since today was Earth Day!
The kiddos got to choose between flower seeds or herb seeds!

A huge thanks to Mrs. Hannah for helping out today! Mrs. Laura planned lots of fun things today!

We learned that plants need,: dirt, seeds, water, and air to grow!

Just look at these tiny seeds!

After we planted them we labeled what it was that we chose to grow.

So proud!

Super cute!

Our letter Zz 4 box sheet.

Peeling those stickers is a tough job! Awesome work sweet buddy!

Finishing up our flower activity!
We labeled the parts and then added some color by using dotters!

Finalized project...done to perfection by these sweet kiddos!

What a fun week exploring plants and flowers! Next week we will explore farms...and this will connect great with our plants theme that we did this week.

Some fun videos we watched this week:
life cycle of a plant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUBIQ1fTRzI

parts of a plant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6OL7_qFgU