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books toexplore

A Seed is Sleepy

We Are the Gardeners

One Bean

Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!

A Seed is the Start

The Tiny Seed

practicallife + fine

motorPractice cutting skills and

plan your own garden

Make a colorful gardenout of play dough with our

What Will You Grow mat

Spoon dry beans in thispractical life activity

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The Lorax

Miss Maple’s Seeds

Up in the Garden andDown in the Dirt

Plant the Tiny Seeds

The Life of a Seed

Let’s Grow!

literacyAGES 2-4

Learn letter formation with our Parts of a Bean Seed Letter Mats

Expand your vocabulary and learn the parts of a seed with

our Seed Three Part Cards

AGES 5-8

Plant a seed and make yourown seed journal to observethe seed’s growth over time

Identify and label, theparts of a bean sprout

SEEDSEXPLORE WITH US

A GUIDE FROM PLAYFUL LEARNINGTo access links go here

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outdoorexplorations

Go for a walk and search for thingsthat come from seeds

Get outside to move your minds andbodies by trying some Yoga with Kids:Gardening and Guiding Imagery

Grab a bag or a basket and collectinteresting objects. Come back homeand create a Nature Display. Can youfind any seeds? Do you see evidence ofthings starting to grow?

numeracyAGES 2-4

Learn about the differencebetween Fruits and Vegetables

and sort them into different baskets

Use our Sunflower Seed Countingmats to practice counting and

one-to-one correspondence

AGES 5-8

Sort seeds into different categorieswith our Seed Scavenger Hunt

Learn how to compose anddecompose numbers with ourMaking 10 Apple Seeds lesson

scienceAGES 2-4

Learn about life cyclesand How a Seed Grows

Plant a seed and make aprediction about what

you think will grow

AGES 5-8

Soak a few seeds overnightand then investigate theinside of a seed with our

Seed Dissection activity

Do you know the Parts of aBean Seed? Use our diagram

to label each part and learnabout its function

Explore the four different waysthat seeds travel from

place to place

hands-onprojects

Plant a bean seed in a jar

Make starter pots fromnewspaper and plantseeds for your home

garden

Grow a variety of seeds ina clear plastic glove andobserve the germinatio

process up close

Check out Kids Gardeningfor all sorts of garden

projects and crafts