All about plants and seeds!



Here are some great books for teaching children about plants and seeds.

1. Time For Kids: Plants! By Brenda Iasevoli

This book is from the editor of TIME magazine. It explains how a seed grows, how it gets water and it also shares some amazing pictures of varieties of plants.

2. The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow By Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus books are always great resources to use for science lessons. They don't just have a great storyline to them, they give accurate facts. In this one children get to see an up close view of the inside of a flower. A lot of children might not have ever experienced this before.

3. From Seed to Plant By Gail Gibbons

From Seed to Plant offers children a chance to experience step by step the process in which a seed grows into a plant. This book also discusses how plants pollinate and reproduce.

Activities:
Along with these books to use as resources I also came across a few activities to do with children about seeds and plants.


-This activity is growing grass from grass seed through a nylon stocking and turning it into a grass head person. Children put soil and grasseed in a their stocking and tie a knot in the end. The then place their "head upside down into a empty yogurt container that is filled with water. The water serves as a source of water for the grasseed. Children can glue on eyes and a mouth. They watch their grass seed grow and learn what it takes to take care of a plant by making sure their is enough water in their container.

-This activity is all about seeing how a seed begins to sprout and what the sprouts look like. Children place a wet piece of fabric or absorbent paper cut to fit inside of a CD case. Children then add seeds to the inside of a recycled CD case and watch them sprout! Eventually when the sprouts are to big for the case you can remove them and replant them.

-This is another great experiment to do with children! It is very similar to the activity above but children use a bean. A bean is placed inside a jar that has wet paper towels in it. Over time children can see how the bean sprouts and how long it takes for it to do so.