Flowers/ Las flores

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We start our study on flowers. We created a KWL chart. This week, we research about different seeds. We learned that beans can be a seed. At sensory, we used a variety of flowers and a drainer to practice fine motor skills. The children found different ways to use it and sort flowers. At dramatic play, the children pretended to make arrangements, sort flowers and use some gardening tools. At art table, the children observe flowers and created their representation and used their geometric shapes to make flowers. At science table, we learned that beans have a belly button just like us. The belly button is called hilum. The rest of the bean is made up of this solid white stuff, and it has a funny name: it’s called the cotyledon. The cotyledon is basically stored-up plant food. It’s what the embryo will use for energy when it first starts to grow. When you eat a bean, your body also uses the cotyledon to give you energy! The children created a germination bag, they put black beans and they will observe and discuss the change through the follow days.


Comenzamos nuestro estudio sobre las flores. Creamos un gráfico KWL. Esta semana, investigamos sobre diferentes semillas. Aprendimos que los frijoles pueden ser una semilla. En sensorial, usamos una variedad de flores y un escurridor para practicar la motricidad fina. Los niños encontraron diferentes formas de usarlo y clasificar las flores. En el juego dramático, los niños simularon hacer arreglos, clasificar flores y usar algunas herramientas de jardinería. En la mesa de arte, los niños observaron flores y crearon su representación y usaron sus formas geométricas para hacer flores. En la mesa de ciencias, aprendimos que los frijoles tienen un ombligo como nosotros. El ombligo se llama hilio. El resto del frijol se compone de esta materia blanca sólida, y tiene un nombre divertido: se llama cotiledón. El cotiledón es básicamente alimento vegetal almacenado. Es lo que el embrión usará como energía cuando empiece a crecer. ¡Cuando comes un frijol, tu cuerpo también usa el cotiledón para darte energía! Los niños crearon una bolsa de germinación, pusieron frijoles negros y observarán y discutirán el cambio durante los siguientes días.


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