Monday, April 13, 2015

The Carrot Seed

Since Spring is in the air, I thought it would be the perfect time to do our BFIAR unit on The Carrot Seed (with a small break in the middle for some Easter fun). It was a really fun unit and I was happy with how most of the activities turned out! 

We read the book every day


We watched the animated version of the story on YouTube

We read some other supplemental books about gardening and planting



We made our own little greenhouses and planted carrot seeds and sunflower seeds (because they grow quickly!)



We practiced cutting with our scissors



We did carrot stamping art




We watered carrot tops to make the stems keep growing

(This one did not work :( but it could have to do with the fact that the carrots were nearly dead by the time I got around to starting this activity. Oh well! Maybe next time!)

We made carrot cake cupcakes and enjoyed them multiple nights for dessert!


We did a seed sensory bin (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, popcorn kernels, etc) with shovels and little plant pots!


(I was AMAZED! Both girls played with this activity for 45 minutes straight!!)

We made a carrot, orange, banana smoothie that was really yummy!!



We practiced tracing/following the line... still a challenge!


We made our own carrot garden that Ember could plant and pull carrots up out of



And we colored and talked about these pictures and retold a shorter version of the book. Ember was super impressive with this and told me almost word for word what the book said for each picture! She just wasn't very interested in actually coloring it so I helped some... 


Here are our carrots and sunflower seeds by the end of the unit in their little greenhouses!



Great unit! And we also got Ember a little watering pail from the dollar store and now she helps daddy water the plants every weekend! We are developing her green thumb! :) 












2 comments:

  1. Love this unit!!! What a fun one with so many different things!! And perfect for the start of Spring! Love the mini green house idea! So fun that they grew so well too! It looked like the carrot stems were going to me! I have never seen that much green on top of a carrot before! Seed sensory bin is a great idea! Love it! That little carrot garden is adorable! Love it! Ember must have really liked this book to be able to retell it with the pictures! That is great! Way to go!
    I might do this unit or similar with Ryken! I was just looking around for ideas the other day for a good spring one! :) Nicely done!

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  2. I love your sensory bins! I have been told they are so good for development, and yet, i still don't do them often because they are messy!!! But I should scroll through your posts and get some ideas for some. And those muffins looked so good! I can't believe Ember is old enough to be doing some of these things.... she is not a baby anymore!! Time is flying.

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