A seed grows

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 15 minutes

Read together

A seed is a tiny plant, asleep.

Give it water and warmth. It wakes up and grows.

Do it

1. Fold a damp paper towel and slide it inside a clear zip bag. Put one bean seed in the bag, against the plastic.
2. Tape the bag to a sunny window. Keep the towel damp, not soaked.
3. Look every day. Draw what you see: a root, then a shoot.
4. After the root and the shoot are growing, plant it in soil in a cup and watch it grow taller.

Talk about it

• What did the seed need?
• What do you think will grow next?

For the grown-up

Seeds need water and the right warmth to sprout. A growing plant needs water and light. Many families thank God for the earth as they plant. If mould grows in the bag, throw it away and start again.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

• NGSS Lead States, Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States (National Academies Press, 2013), performance expectation K-LS1-1 (what plants and animals need to survive)
• Royal Horticultural Society, guidance on how seeds germinate and the conditions they need

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.