I decided to have my Sunday school kindergarten class do some seed starting for early preparation for spring. It has been 2 weeks and we can already see growth. What is great about keeping the plants in the classroom instead of having them take the plants home right away is we can extend the learning from one week to the next. We planted cherry tomato seeds in a simple seed starting greenhouse kit.
One week after planting the seeds we were able to measure the sprouts. With the group gathered around the table I had each student pick a sprout to measure with the ruler. Since they were kindergarteners and just starting to learn to read numbers we looked for which number the leaves on the top of the sprout were closest to. Most were 1-2 inches tall, a few were 3 inches tall.
Once the plants start to sprout they should be under a lamp so they get enough light and have warmth to grow. I took the plants home over the week so I can be sure they are watered and have enough light. As you can see from the pics they are growing quite nicely.
The little plants make it feel like spring will be here soon, even though we just got almost a foot of snow outside. If it hadn't just started raining I would have gone out to build a snow-person or fort. Stay warm everyone! Think spring, have fun in the snow, Meet Me Outdoors.
