A while back, we wrote down some questions we had about the Earth and space. Some were so grand that a simple classroom experiment was not a sufficient answer, but thanks to the internet and a great book Emmylou shared, we were able to somewhat address the history of our planet. A much easier question (phew!) was, how do plants grow? While we can easily observe our little garden growing daily, the beginning of a plant's life is underground. To get a close-up look at how it all starts, we put some bean seeds in a baggie with a moist paper towel. After a few days, we took out our seeds and began to see some changes. First, it becomes swollen, then it cracks, then we can see a little root forming inside, and then it finally pushes it's way out. Now we know not to stick our fingers into our soil to see what our seeds are doing. They are already hard at work getting set up!
Aside from our gardening, we have also enjoyed a new moon sand centre with buried bug fossils to dig up and brush off, working in our plant journals and writing in our personal journals, some origami with Mlle Jade and spring animals with Mme Diamond, building, and finishing our alphabet soups with some charcoal shadowing and spoon. They look even more realistic from a distance.
For some Easter fun, we dyed eggs and watched our hidden messages appear, and I prepared a little treasure hunt in our classroom. Each student found 4 treats (the first year that we actually found everything I hid!), and everyone was great at hinting, but not giving away the hiding places for others still searching.
Some Easter words to review...
Un oeuf
Le lapin
Une poule
Du chocolat
Joyeuses Pâques!