Planting cress and flowers

Children sow cress in eggshells or cups and observe its growth for a week.

Steps

1. Conversation: what a plant needs to live.
2. Children decorate a cup or an eggshell (e.g., with a face) and put in cotton wool or soil.
3. They sow cress and water it.
4. For a week, they draw in a journal how it grows, and finally eat it on a sandwich.

Tip: Cress grows in 3-4 days, so the effect is seen quickly even by the youngest.

Materials needed

• Cress seeds (2-3 packs)
• Biodegradable pots (1 per child)
• Universal soil (1 bag 5 l)
• Watering can for children (1-2 pieces)