After commenting on the previous post… I decided to pull up some project notes of a seed project Bug did a couple years ago… prior to my blogging. I can’t believe that this was TWO YEARS AGO (he was four at the time). Wow… has time flown. If nothing else, it should make up a bit for my non-creative blogging as of late.
We sprouted three different seeds on a wet paper towel in a plastic baggie. We hung it on the fridge and made sure the paper towel stayed damp. Bug kept a journal of which day roots and stem were visible.
He also measured the sprouts to see which one "won" (in his mind… the bigger the better). We used 1" blocks as his standard of measurement.
This was a really fun project… great for preschoolers. They get to see the magic of the seed unfold right before their eyes… unlike when it is stuck in the dirt. I think it is time I redid it with my girls.
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WOW… I can’t believe 2 years have already gone by since we did that. It’s always fun to repeat some project every couple of years and see how differently children process the info.
That’s fun! I like the idea of sprouting them in a bag next to each other and hanging it on the refrigerator. Maybe I’ll try this project this weekend. Because they are very uninterested in my typical seed-starting! Well, a little vague interest. And they enjoyed pouring water on the peat pellets and watching them expand.