Getting our hands dirty

  We jumped into digging in our gardens this week . I asked the children the discussion question " What can you find in the soil ? " .  It was like you could hear the brainstorming in the room . Then the answers came pouring in . They told me guinea pig food, sharp things , worms , and spiders. I loved the " Concept Intro : Letters " . It is a great activity . It also showed me I need to work on this more with the children . They struggled with finding the letters in their names . The children enjoyed the "Scooping Soil " part of the lesson. I put some dirt on a pan and they got to write their name and put dirt in the different containers. The children had a blast doing it. The children even had more fun with the " Watch it Grow " part of the lesson . They jumped right in and put the dirt in the cups and put the grass seed in the cups too. My youngest daughter wanted to do one too. She also wanted to try to grow bean plants and corn in the cups of soil . We are going to see how all the plants turn out .

Playing in the dirt and learning how to write their names . They enjoyed sticking their fingers in the dirt.

Getting our garden started with grass , beans , and corn . Also getting to mess with dirt some more by using fine motor skills to pick up the dirt and put it in the containers . It was a fantastic day to learn new things .

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