Watching Seeds

March 20th 2015

Our booklet is from Linda Kamp's Life Cycle of Plants Resource

One of the first in-class activities we do is plant beans in plastic bags - we observe how the beans change everyday and record information in our Bean Books.  We talk about what plants need to survive and grow.  We learn about different plant parts and measure our plants.  Once the beans have sprouted we move them into small pots and everyone brings home their own plant.


Have you ever planted a bean in a bag?  What happened?

Setting Up

March 13th 2015

Our garden grant package from Whole Kids Foundation has just arrived and we are all excited to to get our garden growing.  Last week we set up our 3 new raised beds in the outdoor area.

This week the school children helped fill the beds with soil.  We worked in team to fill and move the wheelbarrow - it was harder work than we thought it would be!  We made estimates about how many trips we would have to make...

A big THANK YOU to Whole Kids for giving us this opportunity and for sending us a care package with a resource binder, loads of seeds and other materials for our new garden! 

Do you have a garden at your school?