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Letter Sort (“Kk”)
Use the Letter Sort Routine to help children distinguish letter shapes and recognize the shape of the target letter, “Kk.”
Make a Book About Seeds
Have children draw pictures and dictate the steps of planting seeds to make their own information books. Display completed books in the Library Center.
Make a Garden Book
Have children draw, dictate, or write their own books about vegetable gardens.
Make a Seed Packet
Have children make a seed packet of their favorite plant. Have them draw the plant and dictate or write the name of the seed.
Measuring Plants
Have children continue to measure their plants. Provide various nonstandard measurement tools.
My Garden
Children act out planting and tending a garden. Encourage them to use props as they plant and care for their garden.
One-on-One Reading: Jack’s Garden #2
Read aloud Jack’s Garden to individuals or small groups. Have children compare the plants in the story.
One-on-One Reading: One Bean
Read aloud to individuals or small groups. Discuss how the seed changes and grows as you read.
One-on-One Reading: The Little Red Hen #3
Read aloud The Little Red Hen to individuals or small groups. Discuss what children have learned about planting.
One-on-One Reading: Vegetable Garden #4
Read aloud Vegetable Garden to individuals or small groups. Discuss how the garden changes in the different seasons.
Outdoor Plant Mural
Have children work together to create an outdoor plant mural. Encourage them to include plant parts above soil and below soil.
"Peep Plants a Seed" #5 (PEEP show)
Children watch the video Peep and the Big Wide World “Peep Plants a Seed” and discuss steps Peep takes in planting his seed.
Plant Collage
Have children create collages using drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside.
Plant Graph
Revisit children’s plant graphs and have them measure their plants again and record the measurements on the graph.
Plants are Different
Have each child draw a flower. Then have children measure the flowers and place them in order from shortest to tallest.
Plants Here and There
Point out different environments plants grow in when you are out and about—such as in the park, by a pond, or in the woods.
Play Together: “Flower Power” #1 (PEEP game)
Guide children on how to play the interactive game about sharing flowers.
Play Together: Growing Seeds
Play soft music and have children act out moving like a plant as it grows.
Play Together: Seed, Seed, Sprout!
Follow the rules for the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” but change the words to “Seed, Seed, Sprout.”
Pop-Up Plants
Invite children to make a pop-up flower. Encourage children to tell a story about their plant as it “grows.”