Experiments with Seeds to Do with Kids

My daughter loves to garden and watch things grow. I bought a tiny seed starting kit to put in her Easter basket, and we planted the seeds over the weekend, so maybe by the end of the summer we will have some beautiful zinnias to enjoy, and either way we will have learned something.

Exploring seeds with kids is a great science project at any age. With the youngest kids you can watch a seed sprout in a plastic bag, while older kids can grow grass in egg shells, grow sprouts and plant seeds in the garden and observe them through the season.

Little Bins for Little Hands has a great collection of seed experiments you can do with kids that you might want to add to your list. I love the little sponge house with the sprout roof.

How do you explore seeds with kids? I’d love to hear your ideas.

[Photo: Little Bins for Little Hands.] Do you know a little gardener? Check out these DIY Garden Kits, perfect for gift giving.

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Gardening Activities for Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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