Growing seeds
The idea for this activity sprouted from Saige’s inquiry one day.
She ate an apple and showed the children that the apple seeds were brown.
Will the apple seeds grow into an apple tree?
I showed the children a picture of a small seed planted in the ground. 
What plant will this seed become?
Saige: “It would be a daisy flower.”
Dorothy: “It would become strawberries.”
Jayce: “It will be an apple tree.”
Lina: “Dandelion!”
Adrienne: “It would be flowers.”
Quintus: “It would grow to be an apple tree.”
We looked through the pictures of the life cycle of a fruit tree. We discussed what color and what size the seeds are. Lina replied that they are black seeds.
I prepared green beans and asked the children what the seeds need to grow. Adrienne replied that it needed water, and Saige said, the sun. We put the seed on a wet paper towel and into a zipper bag. Lina said she should keep the zipper bag open and Adrienne added that the green beans need air to breathe. So we left the zipper bags open. Then we decided to tape the zipper bags on the wall next to the window where the beans could get sunlight. The children will be watching it everyday to see when it will sprout.
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Saige ate an apple inside her lunch box and found the apple seed and
showed it to the children that the apple seed was brown.
Children want to know about many things around us, and when
we get to know new knowledge about it, we find that many questions arise.
I want to send encouragement about their imagination and the process of getting to know them.
