A Learning Journey – SEEDS!
A group of children visited the garden and came up with many ideas about growing. They wanted to plant apples, flowers and bananas. They also drew pictures to explain what plants need.
- Michelle “We want to draw the picture.”
- Charlotte “Seeds.”
Although the children were excited to grow their own plants, they were not sure how to get started. They had many questions about growing. They went to Ms. Hannah to learn more about seeds as she is the ‘growing expert’ in the EY.
- Michelle “We look in the seed in Sarah’s (K1B) room, nobody can see, we can see.”
- Charlotte “This is too many seeds. Have tomato seeds and broccoli seeds.”
- Sarah “Seeds.”
- Sarah “We have sunflower seeds and tomato seeds, and broccoli seeds, and cucumber seeds.”
- Felix “And salad seeds.”
- Charlotte “茄子.” [Eggplant.]
- Michelle “我们想要种一些种子。” [We want to plant the seeds.]
- Sarah “我们需要浇水,还要一些太阳。” [We need water and sun.]
- Felix “I hold some seeds. Plant them. Soil, water and sun. We have to dig in, and then put it in. We need dig in more down.”
- Michelle “我们要挖一点点,不能太深,不然种子不会发芽,种子会死,它就不会长大。” [We have to dig a little bit, otherwise the seeds won’t shoot. They will die and won’t grow.]
- Charlotte “如果太深的话就长不大,因为喝不到水还有阳光。” [If you dig too deep, they won’t grow, because they can’t get the water and the sun.]
- Jiwon looks at the seeds, “The black seeds grow and become the food we eat? If you mix the white seeds with pink, will the pretty pink flowers bloom? White, mixed with red seeds in the delicious strawberries which will be brought up?” [translated from Korean]
The children received different seeds from Ms. Hannah. She also provided the children with lots of useful information about plant growth. When the children came back to class, some students helped document the information they gathered.
- Felix “I’m writing the things, like the sunflower.”
- Sarah “Writing the seed.”
Some students helped make pop-up labels which will be inserted in the garden beds to help identify the different plants.
The children reflected on their learning journey and sequenced the events.
Next they shared their experiences with the whole class.
What do seeds need to help them grow? How do living things grow and change here is our learning story about seeds @NISChina with @TinaHua16112229 @hannahispb @NISPreKK1 pic.twitter.com/i1qTw6p6IY
— Shemo Gani (@shemogani) October 31, 2019
We have so many ideas, we are now ready to plant our seeds!