Growth

We have had plants in our classroom since the beginning of the year and the children have done a great job taking care of them; ensuring they've been watered and have enough sunlight.

Upon returning from the March Break, we noticed that a few of the plants weren't doing so well.

The children sketched their observations and discussed their theories about what had happened. 

We decided to grow new plants to help us learn more about them (and to make us feel better).

The children decided that plants need soil to grow, so we took turns reading the numbered instructions on a bag of soil.

It told us that we needed 5 cm of soil, so we measured to make sure we would have the right amount.

 We planted basil seeds

 and Cosmo flower seeds

 and pea seeds.

 The children were excited about watering the seeds, but we were very careful not to pour too much in.

Then we placed them in the sunniest spot in the classroom because we know the seeds need sunlight to grow.

 The children created a tally sheet to keep track of the number of mornings and afternoons it would take  before the plants started to grow. They also created drawings of what they thought would happen to our seeds.

After returning from the weekend, we were all excited to seed that the seeds has sprouted. This is what they looked like a week and a half later: