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Plants
Pinky Makus
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Plants
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Dear friends,
I am looking for new ideas on how to teach the theme of plants and how they grow. Activities could also be about how to take care of plants.
Thanks
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16 Mar 2009
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yetigumboots
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Hi Pinky, That is funny, I am doing that theme this week (I also did a workshop on this them last spring). I don �t know how old your ss are but I am using the book �The Tiny Seed � by Eric Carle It is very simple but you can adapt it for older ss. It shows a seed being blown by the wind and all situations it has to overcome (getting eaten by birds, landing in the desert etc..) before landing on fertile soil and growing into a big sunflower. We then looked at seeds and I made a quiz for the kids to see if they could figure out which seed grew into which plant. (not as easy as it sounds) Then we made a flower pot with different herbs... kids decorate a pot and plant three different herbs in it. We then talked about what meals you use the herbs for, herbal remedies etc... The list is endless. Its a fantastic theme to get your teeth into. Have fun. xx Yeti |
16 Mar 2009
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yetigumboots
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Try this.... www.sfrc.ufl.edu/plt/literacy_and_nature/TinySeed_exercises_FLPLT_04_2008.pdf - |
16 Mar 2009
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Pinky Makus
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Thanks Aftab,
I knew I could count on you.
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17 Mar 2009
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