A Little Seed
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What's Inside
For preschool and kindergarten children who are starting to learn about plants, this short science book is a good one to read aloud at home or in class. It uses rhymes, poems, and songs to help children think about how a seed grows.
Children practice science vocabulary as they talk about seeds, what a plant needs, and how a seed grows into a flower. The simple format works well for seasonal lessons, nature study, and shared reading with young children.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn A Little Seed into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Science vocabulary
- Seeds and plant growth
- What plants need
- Flowers
- Rhymes and songs
Discussion Questions
- 1 The book asks, How does a seed grow. What do you already know about what a seed needs to start growing?
- 2 What do you think a seed needs from its plant, the soil, water, or sunshine?
- 3 Have you seen a seed or a plant grow at home, school, or outside. What happened first?
- 4 Why do you think science rhymes, poems, and songs can help us remember how a seed grows?
- 5 What is one way you could help care for a plant if you were growing one?
- 6 The page mentions flowers. What changes do you notice when a plant becomes a flower?
Words to Learn
- seed
- A seed is a tiny part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.
- grow
- Grow means to get bigger and change over time.
- plant
- A plant is a living thing that grows from a seed and needs care.
- science
- Science is learning by asking questions and finding out how things work.
- flower
- A flower is the colorful part of some plants.
- soil
- Soil is the dirt that helps many plants live and grow.
- water
- Water is a liquid that plants need to live and grow.
- sunshine
- Sunshine is light from the sun that helps plants grow.
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