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Age range: 3-6
Theme Area: Growing Sprouts
Related Episode: Get Offa My Cloud
Subjects/Skills: Following Directions; Science
Materials Needed:
Clear plastic cup
Dark construction paper (blue, black, brown, or purple work well)
Scissors
Paper towel
A couple of dried beans, such as kidney beans
Water
Flower pot and potting soil (optional)
Directions:
Ask your child if he would like to help you grow some seeds, just like the Dragon Tales gang did.
Cut a sheet of construction paper so that you have a strip that is the same height as the plastic cup. Have your child roll the paper and place it into the cup.
Then, give your child a few paper towels. Have him crumple the paper towels and stuff them into the middle of the cup. (The construction paper should be between the cup and the paper towels, so that it is pushed up against the edge by the towels.)
Ask your child to place a couple of beans between the construction paper and the cup. You should be able to see the beans as you look at the cup.
Tell your child that the directions say that the paper towels should be kept wet (damp, but not soaked). Let him know that it will be his job to make sure that the beans get the right amount of water. If he forgets to check and the paper towels dry out, the beans will not grow. If he adds too much water, the beans will not grow either. Help him pour the water into the center of the cup to wet the paper towels. Let him touch the towels so that he will know how to check to make sure they are damp.
The beans will sprout in a few days if they are kept moist. When they do, you can plant them outside, or in a pot that you can keep in the house.
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