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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
LISTEN TOSTORIES ONLINE
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