Children examine gardens as managed growing spaces, investigating seeds, plant needs, weeds, and tools. Germination, outdoor collection, comparison, recycled planting, letter Ll, patterns, counting, and sequencing link plant care with direct observation.
What children learn
- Investigate what can be found in a garden and where seeds come from.
- Identify sunlight, water, soil, and care as essentials for plant growth.
- Distinguish weeds from wanted plants and recognise common gardening tools.
- Recognise and write Ll and practise ABAB patterns, numbers 16-20, and size sequencing.
Key activities
- Germinating a bean in a damp paper towel and ziplock bag
- Collecting and patterning with garden leaves, sticks, stones, and flowers
- Opening fruits and vegetables to discover and compare seeds
- Comparing plants exposed to and kept away from sunlight
- Making a recycled-bottle planter and identifying gardening tools
You’ll need
beans, paper towels and ziplock bags, garden leaves and sticks, flowers and stones, fruits and vegetables with seeds, soil and plant pictures, recycled plastic bottles, gardening-tool pictures, letter Ll cards, number cards and building blocks
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy