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Practice, Play, and Prepare for First Grade
This week, we're digging up fascinating details about the world of plants. With this collection of learning activities, you can practice and play, while you prepare for first grade.
Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
Activity
Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.
1st grade
Science
Activity
Word Family Hop: -ike, -ite
Game
Word Family Hop: -ike, -ite
Hop on the words that end in "-ike" or "-ite." These word families are important building blocks for early readers.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Game
Why Do Plants Wilt?
Science project
Why Do Plants Wilt?
Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.
kindergarten
Science
Science project