- plant
- seed
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Watch Together: “Peep Plants a Seed” #3 (PEEP show)
STEM Key Concepts: There are many different types of plants and seeds; Plants grow in places where they get their needs met; Plants often grow in some type of dirt; Plants need water, sunlight, and space to grow; Some plant parts are below the ground and some above
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Cause and Effect, Listening and Speaking, Making Connections, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Tell children that they are going to watch PEEP and the Big Wide World “Peep Plants a Seed” again. Encourage active viewing by pausing and having children recognize how the steps Peep takes in planting his seed are similar to the steps they took in planting their seed.
After viewing ask questions such as,
- What do you think Peep will do with the seeds from his sunflower?
- What things did Peep do to take care of his sunflower that we can do to take care of our sunflower seeds?
- What would you do with sunflower seeds if you had them? (Eat them, feed them to birds, plant them)
Educator Tip: You may wish to have some toasted sunflower seeds available at snack time for children.
