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Explore Together (indoors): Edible and Nonedible Plants

Discuss plants children can and cannot eat. Have them continue to explore their plants and record changes in their science notebooks.

Explore Together (indoors): Explore Fruits, Vegetables, Seeds

Let children freely explore a variety of fruits and vegetables with their senses, and compare the seeds in the plants.

Explore Together (indoors): Exploring Vegetables

Let children freely explore a variety of vegetables and compare them to the plants they are growing.

Explore Together (indoors): Leaf and Root Salad

Review the vegetables from the week and make a leaf and root vegetable salad to eat.

Explore Together (indoors): Revisit Our Bean Plants

Have children return to their bean plants to explore and record changes in the plants.

Explore Together (indoors): Sort Seeds and More Seeds

Have children identify which fruit or vegetable seeds come from. Have them sort the seeds in different ways.

Explore Together (indoors): Taste and Compare

Have children compare plant foods by having them taste, smell, feel, and look at fruits and vegetables.   

Explore Together (outdoors): Measuring Up

Have children check and measure their sprouts. Then observe and measure the plants they repotted outside.

Explore Together (outdoors): Sort the Travelers

Have children sort seeds by how they travel.   

One-on-One Reading: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds

Read aloud A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds to individuals or small groups. Have children point out fruits or vegetables they like and identify how they travel.

One-on-One Reading: Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z #3

Read aloud Eating the Alphabet bt Lois Elhert and have children point to and name the fruits and vegetables. 

Small Group: Check Sprouts

Assign children to rinse the seeds again. Then observe and record how the sprouts have changed.

Small Group: Growing Sprouts #1

Prepare sprout seeds for planting with children.

Small Group: Growing Sprouts #2

Have children rinse the sprout seeds and record any changes they observe in the plant.

Small Group: Seed Sort

Have children sort seeds in an egg carton. They decide on categories to sort the seeds.

Small Group: Sorting Parts

Help children sort the plant parts they collected outside.

Small Group: Sprout Salad

Pick the sprouts and combine them with other vegetables left over from the week to make a salad.

Tasting Center

Create a tasting center with different foods on a table. Have children describe the foods and talk about what they like and dislike about each one.

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