This week we will read, Growing Vegetable Soup. If you can, check it out at the library, if not watch here There’s a lot for a preschooler to learn about gardening!
- Ask your child to name their favorite vegetable. Does it grow above the ground or under the ground?
- Turn to the page that says, “. . . until the vegetables are ready for us to pick.” Ask, Can you name vegetables that you pick from a plant? (Pictured are corn and peppers.)
- Turn to the next page that says, “. . . or dig up.” Ask, Can you think of vegetables you dig up from the ground? (Pictured are carrots and potatoes.)
- Vocabulary: tools, rake, hoe, sprouts, weed, roots, stem, vine, raw, and cooked.
- Sequencing: 1. Seed, 2. sprout, 3. plant, 4. vegetable
A fun activity you can do with your child is plant the first letter of their name with grass seed! Just find a cup with a large opening and fill with planting dirt. Use a stick or pencil to draw the first letter of their name in the dirt. Drop the seeds, quite a few to a lot, into the indented letter. Cover lightly with soil. Put it in the sun and water every day with a spray bottle (reduces risk of overwatering). Another fun grass growing activity Click Here
Our song is Valley of the Vegetables Click Here
Click on LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS AT HOME on the right and read through the poem!
Mrs. Hughes