Roots to Shoots: A Garden Club Visit

We had a workshop with the Bristol Garden Club this morning where we learned all about roots and how plants grow. We learned that we eat roots like carrots and radishes, that roots hold plants in the ground and provide them with nutrients. We also learned that air plants don't have any roots to grow in the ground and some plants can grow roots in the water!

We heard a story about roots and plants, then were able to do an art activity and explore various roots with magnifiers. We examined carrots, radishes, parsnips, ginger and other roots.

In our classroom we have an Boston Fern, two Spider Plants, an air plant, two Golden Pathos Ivy plants, a Prayer Plant and an Amaryllis.

You can see all of the photos here.

Beautiful Stuff

Our students haven been working hard this month creating art, but we have been using our Beautiful Stuff a lot; not only in art, but to build, pattern, sort, make letters and compare.The loose parts we have collected are great to spark the imagination; loose parts can create anything you can think of.

Our students collected:
Shells, rocks, gems, jewelry, sticks, wood pieces, wire, metal pieces, feathers, odd keys, cardboard, shiny plastic, straws, aluminum foil, cotton balls, watches string, and many other items of all shapes and sizes.

Anything can be loose parts, here is a link to the letter we sent home to give families an idea of what to collect.


Check back soon for pictures of our students using loose parts!