Growing!

Listen to stories about Growing.

Listen to Songs about Growing.

Outdoor Activities.

Early Academic Learning.

Interactive Opportunities.

Adaptive Skills.

Listen to stories about Growing.

Listen to Allison read

Plant a Tiny Seed

by Christie Matheson

After listening to the story, go to the Early Academic Learning section and watch “Planting a sunflower seed" to learn more about what a plant needs to grow.

Listen to Allison read

Growing Vegetable Soup

by Lois Ehlert

After listening to the story, go to the Early Academic Learning section and watch “Bean science experiment” before doing your own bean experiment with the beans in your package.

Listen to more stories about how plants grow.

Listen to Songs about Growing.

What Do Plants Need?

(To the tune of Frere Jacques.)

What do plants need,

To grow tall,

To grow tall?

Plants need soil,

Water, and sun.

Watch them grow,

Watch them grow.

Allison teaches hand signs about growing and sings the What Do Plants Need? song.

Allison sings

Plant a Tiny Seed

Plant a Tiny Seed

(To the tune of I'm A Little Teapot.)

I’ll plant the little seeds in the dark, dark ground.

Up comes the yellow sun, big and round.

Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.

Out comes the flower, grow, grow, grow!

Allison teaches a fun movement song, My Roots Grow Down.

My Roots Grow Down

I am a maple tree growing in the park,

I am a maple tree growing in the park.

I am a maple tree growing in the park,

My roots grow down.

My roots grow down, down to the earth.

My roots grow down, down to the earth,

My roots grow down.

I am a flower blowing in the field.

I am a flower blowing in the field,

My roots grow down.

My roots grow down, down to the earth

My roots grow down.

I am a mountain, strong and still

My roots grow down

My roots grow down, down to the earth

My roots grow down.

Outdoor Activities.

COVID-19 Safety Reminder

Teach your child:

Stay safe outside.

Stay close to your grown up.

Stay away from other people.

Go on a Nature Walk

Join Allison on a nature walk

Talk a walk around your neighborhood and see if you can either take pictures on a camera, or draw pictures of the plants growing around you. When you return one week later, were you able to notice anything different? Did the plants grow taller? Sprout flowers? Anything new pop through the soil?

While you are on your walk you can bring with you: crayons, markers, colored pencils, or a pencil to write/draw. It may help to bring a hard surface with you to write/draw on such as a clipboard, a book, or a piece of cardboard.

Watch the buds growing on Miss Sherrie’s Trees in her backyard.

Miss Bookies and Sam explore the trees and plants outside Flynn

Seed Stake Out

Find a place in your yard or neighborhood with plants that have flowers, fruits/vegetables, or seeds. Sit quietly and observe the animals that visit the plants. What kinds of animals eat from the flowers, fruits/vegetables, or seeds?

Early Academic Learning.

Counting Seeds

When you are having a snack see how many seeds you can find. Count how many seeds are in your apple, pear, orange, or watermelon.

Watch Allison do some seed counting while enjoying a snack.

Count with a Ten Frame.

Look in your package for a set of ten frames for your child to use for counting seeds or other small items.

Allison teaches how to use a ten frame.

A ten frame is a rectangle, separated into two rows with 10 equal spaces, hence the name “ten frame”. It is a helpful tool for children to use when working on early math skills such as: one-to-one-correspondence, counting, identifying numerals and associating numerals with quantity.

Seed Science

Bean Science Experiment

Watch Allison try a bean experiment.

Now it's your turn!

Look in your package for two bean seeds, a paper towel and a plastic baggie. Plant one seed in dirt and the other in the paper towel.

Will both beans grow?

Planting a Sunflower Seed.

Allison teaches: What do plants need to grow?

Watch the complete life cycle of a sunflower in this cool time lapse video.

Make a Pattern

using things that Grow.

Watch Allison make patterns using things that grow outside.

Now it's your turn!

Go outside and look for grass, dandelions, leaves, seeds, twigs, pine cones...

Can you make a pattern?

What does your pattern look like?

More Activities in Your Package.

Watch the video to find out about the activities in this week's package.

Parts of a Plant activity.

Watch the video to learn how to do this activity.

Another Science Experiment!

Vegetable Scrap Gardening

Did you know that you can re-grow vegetables from vegetable scraps? Watch this video to learn how and then ask a grown up to help you try this experiment at home.

Interactive Opportunities.

Make Egg Shell People with Grass Seed.

Watch the video to see how Sherri makes Egg Shell people by planting cat grass seeds.

Look in your package for your own cat grass seeds. Next time someone in your family cooks with eggs, ask them to save the egg shells so you can make your own Egg Shell people.

Once your Egg Shell people have grown their "hair", try using your scissors to give them a haircut by trimming the grass.

Pretend to be a Seed.

Pretend to be a seed with Miss Dana.

Invite your child to scrunch up into a tiny ball to be a seed. Pretend to cover them with dirt (a blanket?). Go through all the steps of helping the seed to grow - water, sun etc. Then your child can slowly, slowly “grow” up toward the sky.

Take turns. Now you be the seed and let your child be the gardener!

Pretend to be a Farmer.

While outside playing with your child, you can pretend to be farmers planting seeds. Look for items around your house that you can use such as gloves, aprons, small rakes, shovels, spoons, flower pots, watering cans, baskets, and empty seed packets. You can dig small holes outside in the dirt, plant your “imaginary” seeds, cover them back up with the dirt, and water them. You can each take turns digging holes, and each share out what you are planting. Make predictions on how tall your plant will grow. Once your plants have finished “growing” you can pretend to sell them to customers at a Farmers Market.

Look in your package for these coloring pages. Invite your child to color the pages and hang up them up to advertise their farmers' market.

Adaptive Skills.

Adaptive skills and behaviors are the skills needed to do everyday tasks such as getting dressed, washing, preparing food, and eating meals.

Make a Vegetable Face!

For snack time, give your child a soft flour tortilla, a flattened pita bread or an English muffin. Give them plastic knives or butter knives to spread the bread with hummus, honey, cream cheese, peanut butter, or jelly. Encourage them to make faces on the spread using sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chopped fruit or vegetables. Talk with your child about what they made. Is their face feeling happy, sad, or silly? Now it's time to eat! Yum!

Watch Allison make Vegetable Faces.

Wash Your Hands!

Teach your child to wash and dry their hands independently when they come in from outside. Help them to wash thoroughly by reminding them to keep scrubbing their hands while:

Counting to 20 or
Singing the Happy Birthday song twice or
Singing the ABC song

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