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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.
New Flavors
Try a food your child has never had before. Talk about how it tastes and find out where and how it’s grown.
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.
Taste Test
Make your child a “taste tester” as you prepare meals. Help her describe how foods smell, feel, look, and taste.
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.