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! :)