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Pablo and his seedlings.

Jul 22, 2008
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We've been discussing about plants for the past two weeks in homeschool. On the first week, we discussed about the plant's cycle -- From seeds to plants. On the next week, we talked about the parts of a plant, putting together a picture by gluing in the parts one by one. It was so effective in teaching Pablo identify each part - root, stem, leaves, flower. We only have one day for Science. Friday. But that's all we discuss on Fridays, Science and no other. For this week, I decided to do a science project of planting seeds and watching them grow day by day. At the advise of my mom, who is an educator, I decided to use Monggo seeds since they're known to sprout faster than any other seeds.

Pablo was a bit puzzled on why we were going outside. I told him that we have a new activity. I got 3 plastic cups from the cupboard and cut some holes at the side part of the bottom. Pablo was getting more and more excited as he saw me prepare the soil which I got from my mom (as you can see in the picture, we have no garden to get soil from). I demonstrated shoveling in some soil into one of the cups with the use of a plastic spoon, then I told him to do the same to the remaining 2 plastic cups. I could sense that Pablo was giddy with excitement at the project. He couldn't stop smiling. Afterwhich, I showed him how to put in some of the seeds and water them. In his excitement, he poured a lot of water into one of the cups. I helped him take some of the water out and explained to him that he needs to put only as needed. I put water again into his water cup and let him pour again into the cups that had seeds.
I enjoyed this activity with my son, especially when I saw how much he loved doing it. I think I should think of more practical projects for us to do together in homeschool.