Beans in Bags

Fess up: how many of you are having students dampening lima beans in paper towels and clear baggies?

It's that time of the year.

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Teacher!

Here's something I love to hear as a kindergarten teacher:

"TEACHER! Something *cool* happened!!!!!"

What could be more cool than watching seeds sprout into plants? My Stars went on a seed hunt, finding seeds everywhere, asking parents to bag 'em and tag 'em so we could start them in soil as a science center:





With the help of a Super Star Mom, my students played in soil, planted seeds, watered them, and made sure they put them in a sunny corner of the room we share with the kindergarten class next door:



Five days later something *cool* did indeed happen:



Two days later? Check out the nasturtiums, one container of tomato sprouts, and our sunflower plant (not surprisingly, the tallest of them all!):



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The Stars were also proud to help our planet by reusing their milk cartons from lunch each day- Earth Day CAN be every day!