Plant Science Lesson

Kindergartners need to know about living and non-living things.  

They are beginning to learn about plants.  They need to know 

the parts of a plant and how they work.  They also must 

know the needs of a plant.  This morning we pulled up 

some weeds to look at and compare the roots of different plants. 

They thought it was cool.  Before we left I taught them a 

new bird - the Eurasian Collared-Dove.  Wouldn't you know...

we saw about eight of them on our walk.

When we returned to the classroom, we did 
a little plant art work to help them remember the 
parts of a plant and its needs.

The kids loved doing this project and they were so quiet as they worked.  I encouraged them to use the word soil rather than dirt.  We also discussed how people eat the leaves of a plant {lettuce, spinach, etc.}, the stems {celery, rhubarb, asparagus, etc.}, or the roots {carrots, potatoes, onions, peanuts, etc} They were surprised by that!  The kindergarten students were quite focused on the lesson and I think we will be doing more science/art projects in the near future!