Feb 27 2012
A Seed is Planted
We discuss creating a cutting with one of our favorite plants!
- Cameron and Maggie help plant our new cutting for preschool.
- Monica shares her book from writer’s workshop.
- Miss Schmidt reads A Seed is Planted to us and our preschool friends.
- Kaitlyn presents our cutting to the preschool.
Last week, we read a story called A Seed is Planted. This is the story of one child who starts a chain of giving by creating a small clipping of a sapling. The children were engrossed with the idea of how just one seed turned into many. We read it again today and together, we created cuttings of several plants in our own room. Carriea then suggested something special.
We can take a plant and give it to other people and it might grow! Carriea
We can take it and break it in half like in the book and keep doing the same thing over and over again. Aidan
The one seed is going to grow a lot, and we made another one. Messi
Their buckets are going to explode! Angela
It feels good to fill buckets. Carriea
During writer’s workshop, Monica created a book called, All About Planting a Garden. Inside, the story read, “To plant a garden, you need to get seeds, water, and sunlight. And when the plant is done growing, you can give it to somebody. And the flower is bright like the sun.” After sharing, Michael exclaimed, “It’s just like A Seed is Planted!”
Later this afternoon, we decided to put Carriea’s idea into action. We went down to the preschool room and shared our story and cutting with them. The kids remarked how good it felt to share our plant with the preschool. It was also a nice way to reflect on some of our newly learned knowledge of how to take care of the plant and answer some of the preschooler’s questions about plant growth in general.
