Ideas to explore: Showing care and concern for living things Resources: Flower pots and 'easy-to-grow' seeds, such as nasturtiums or marigolds
PLODs: With the children, plant some seeds in flowerpots outdoors. Discuss which conditions are necessary for growing seeds. Encourage the children to care for the seedlings.
Ask: Do all the seeds grow at the same rate? What happens if there are lots of seeds in the same pot? What happens if seeds are left unwatered?
Ideas to explore: Listening to stories and expressing ideas
Resources: Flowerpots and small- world dolls
PLODs: Introduce the 'flowerpot friends' to the children and develop stories around the adventures they might have when they climb out of their flowerpots to explore the garden. Encourage the children to imagine what might happen to the flowerpot dolls in various scenarios, for example in the sandpit, on the logs, or under the bushes.
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