- grow
- plant
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
English Language Arts/Language/L.PK.MA.1: Demonstrate use of oral language in informal everyday activities.
English Language Arts/Language/L.PK.MA.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, listening to books read aloud, activities, and play.
Head Start Outcomes
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/Expressive Language: Uses language to express ideas and needs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
Talk Together: Space to Grow
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STEM Key Concepts: Plants grow in many places
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Talk with children about their growing plants and explain how plants need a larger area to grow in as they get bigger. Have children notice how tall the plants are, how the roots are growing outside the holes in the cups, etc. Ask children about their plants with questions such as,
- What changes have you observed in your plants this week?
- Do you think your plants have enough space to grow? Why or why not?
- Why do you think the roots have crept through the holes in the bottom of the plastic cup?