Saturday, April 25, 2020

...Bring May Flowers!

April Showers bring May Flowers!  This is the week that we MIGHT start seeing little purple Pasque flowers come up!  See if you can go on a treasure hunt and find the first flowers of the year!!!



Watch what happens as a seed grows in fast motion! 


In your packet for this week there is a bag of seeds and some dirt for you to plant your own seed!  They will grow into beautiful Nasturtium flowers like these!


Do you remember last week when we learned about the water cycle?  A cycle is when something happens over and over.  Like when you ride your biCYCLE the wheels go around and around.  
Watch this video on Brain Pop Jr. and the life CYCLE of a plant, and then you can play the games and take the Easy Quiz!

The username is your first name and tok (ex: debbietok) and the password is kinder1.


Did you know that animals and people eat all kinds of seeds?  Here are some seeds that you might have around your house.  In your packet for the week there are also some mung bean seeds that you can actually sprout in a jar so you can see them growing.  Then you can eat the baby sprouts!  See how many kinds of seeds you can eat!


Now, try making a seed treat for the birds!  Gather a spruce cone outside and roll it in peanut butter (which is made from seeds!) then roll it in sunflower seeds or a bird seed mix.  Then find a branch or someplace to hang it near your window, and hopefully you will see some birds coming over for a snack!  





One more really neat video you can watch is about how plants adapt, or change, to get the things they need to survive.  Watch this!

The username is your first name and tok (ex: debbietok) and the password is kinder1.



Last, but not least, let's play in the dirt, and eat some too!  Not real dirt, of course, but follow this recipe for a deliciously muddy dessert!

Dirt Cup Recipe:

1. Make one package of chocolate pudding according to directions.
2. Twist apart Oreo cookies, and take out the filling.  
3. Put the chocolate cookie parts in a bag and crush them.
3. Spoon some pudding into a cup and top with crushed cookies.
4. You can even plant a peanut "seed" inside the dirt cup, and put some gummy worms on top! 








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