Today’s preschool lesson plan for Playful Preschool is Nuts and Seeds. If you are new to my blog, Playful Preschool is a group of preschool bloggers coming together to provide hands-on ideas for lesson plans one week at a time. Let’s walk.
What You Need
1) 2 different types of seeds (we chose burma beans and the pumpkin seeds from J’s pumpkin)
2) A clear container to place the seeds in so that you can observe them
3) Soaked toilet paper or paper towel
Directions For This Preschool Lesson Plan
First gather all the items needed for your experiment.
Place the seeds in the container separate from each other. Do not mix the beans with the pumpkins or seed A with seed B.
Soak the toilet paper or paper towel and place behind the seeds against the container. You are aiming to keep the seeds in one spot but to also allow the seeds to be visible on the side of the container while it grows.
Add additional water if needed
Place in a sunny spot and observe.
Things To Discuss While You Wait
First explain to your preschooler what seeds need to grow. Then ask them what they need to grow.
Let them know that when a seed turns into a plant it is called germination.
Read books about seeds and plants growing. Here are a few that you can use: (please note affiliate links are used)
Are there any changes? Talk about them. Discuss other plants and foods that come from seeds. See how many your preschooler can come up with.
Plan Your Nut and Seeds Learning Week With Activities from the #PlayfulPreschool Team
Nuts to You!: Squirrel Feeder by Mom Inspired Life
Nuts and Seeds Theme: Listening Games with Sensory Sound Shakers for #PlayfulPreschool by The Preschool Toolbox Blog
Number Word Punch: Counting Nuts by Tiny Tots Adventures
Turkey Patterns with Pistashio Shells by Still Playing School
Seed and Letter Sensory Bin by Growing Book by Book
Growing Seeds by Learning 2 Walk
Exploring Chia Seeds by Powerful Mothering
Nutty Science–A Lesson in Buoyancy by Capri + 3
3 Fun Activities with Seeds for Preschoolers by Life Over C’s
Easy Sight Word Acorn Game by The Educators’ Spin On It
This is such a simple, but engaging activity!
It was pretty simple, Kim. I just wish I had saved the seeds that were growing from my pumpkin last month that way I could have had a picture of it to add.
What a fun experiment!
Our kids love gardening. Comparing two types of seeds at once is a great idea!
We did this with pumpkin seeds too. My son loved watching the seeds grow.
We have played around with growing seeds, but have not tried to compare them. This would make a fun little observation activity for my preschooler
This was always a go to activity to do in the classroom. Great for kids to see!
we still need to do a growing seeds lesson! Thanks for sharing
My preschoolers love growing seeds!
Alecia – growing seeds is such fun for preschoolers. Learning how things grow, what seeds looks like, and what they need to mature is important learning!