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Growing Grass and Other Earth Day Learning Activities for Preschoolers
Growing grass and other Earth Day themed learning activities for preschoolers.
This is a fun activity to try alongside The Earth Book by Todd Parr, paired with an Earth learning theme. You can also read What Does It Mean to Be Green for this week. All of the activities are wonderful ways to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd.
Growing Grass: A Fun and Easy Earth Day Themed Preschool Science Activity
We have grown grass as a preschool science activity for years now. Grass is easy and fun to grow, making it the perfect preschooler science activity. The year I took these photos (2009), the grass even survived three-year-old Emma and one-year-old Johnny dumping out the cups of newly-planted grass seeds and then throwing everything back in topsy-turvy.
Materials Needed for Growing Grass
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Fill cup with soil, leaving at least 1 inch of clearance at the top.
Add a thin layer of grass seeds.
Cover the grass seeds with a small amount of soil.
Water.
Place in a sunny area.
Wait for seeds to grow.
Grass is the perfect plant for preschool botany, because it is incredibly hardy. This year is the perfect illustration of this hardiness, because Emma’s cup of grass seed was dumped all over the floor within an hour of being planted.
I swept up the dirt and dumped it back into its cup. I thought it wouldn’t grow, but I was wrong. Here is the poor destroyed grass plant surviving five days later:
And thriving two weeks later. You have to look twice to tell which cup was dumped out and which one was left alone!
Kids love giving their grass plants “haircuts” – perfect for practicing scissor skills.
More Earth Day Learning Activities
Here are some more wonderful Earth Day themed learning activities for preschoolers!
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Ally says
April 8, 2009 at 2:55 amThat looks like fun, but I cant find those clear cups, where did you get yours?
Beverly says
April 8, 2009 at 3:44 amveru cool! I have been wanting to do this with Noah! Thanks for reminding me!
Kara says
April 8, 2009 at 11:22 amWe are growing (from seeds) a little basil and mint in pots on the windowsill. Abby loves to check the progress every day!
Heather - CROQZine.com - Dollarstorecrafts.com says
April 8, 2009 at 4:07 pmWe really need to do that. Lewis would LOVE it (especially the grass haircutting part).
Valerie says
April 9, 2009 at 2:09 amWow, that grew really fast! What a neat activity! Our tomato seeds started to sprout, and I cannot wait to get out and do some gardening soon!
Katy says
April 9, 2009 at 3:50 amCute! I should give this a try. I think my kids would LOVE it.
Ticia says
April 17, 2017 at 6:17 amAnd if you draw faces on the cups, it’s even more like you’re giving a hair cut.
MaryAnne says
April 17, 2017 at 11:07 amI love that idea! Googley eyes would be fun, too!
Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says
April 18, 2017 at 2:14 pmThis is a cool idea even for apartment living!
Mia Wenjen says
April 25, 2017 at 7:52 amA lovely way to celebrate Earth Day!!
Jen Price says
April 28, 2017 at 4:10 pmI have some grass growing outside that needs a “haircut.” :)
Erika @ www.NewParentProject.com says
March 5, 2019 at 9:20 amThis is such a cool idea! Green power!! :)