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Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #3
Reread Chicks and Salsa. Have children name root or leaf vegetables they recognize.
Read Together: Eating the Alphabet #1
Read about plant foods that begin with every letter of the alphabet and have children identify which part of the plant each food is from.
Read Together: Eating the Alphabet #2
Reread the story and have children call out the names of the plants they know.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 8, Week 1
Read Chicks and Salsa, Eating the Alphabet, or another book about plants animals (including humans) eat.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 8, Week 2
Read a book about plants and have children identify the leaf and root plants in the story.
Read Together: The Ugly Vegetables #2
Reread the story. Focus children on the words used to describe the vegetables and the garden.
Recite Together: Who Stole the Onions from the Farmer’s Field?
Recite the poem. Have children act out the animals in the poem.
Sing Together: “The Opposite Song”
Discuss opposite words and then sing the song.
Small Group: Check Sprouts
Assign children to rinse the seeds again. Then observe and record how the sprouts have changed.
Small Group: Estimate Watermelon Seeds
Have children estimate how many seeds are in a slice of watermelon.
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: One, Few, Many
Have children describe some fruits and vegetables and make a chart showing which ones have one, few, or many seeds.
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.
Talk Together: Roots and Leaves
Have children use sensory descriptive language to talk about and compare different roots and leaves.
Talk Together: Vegetables
Discuss vegetables with children. Review the book Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z from last week.
Talk Together: What’s at the Grocery Store?
Discuss what a grocery store is in the produce section of a grocery store. Children are introduced to the difference between man-made and natural foods.
Taste Test
Make your child a “taste tester” as you prepare meals. Help her describe how foods smell, feel, look, and taste.