Explore Plants – 2.9MB PDF
Designed for early childhood classrooms, this exploration unit invites children to explore plants in the world around them. Indoors, plant seeds and bulbs and track their growth. Outdoors, observe the trees and plants growing nearby.
Watch the featured PEEP videos
After watching, encourage children to make connections between their own plant discoveries and those shown on the videos. What ideas did the videos give them for new plant explorations they might like to try?
PEEP story
Peep Plants a Seed
Peep discovers a patch of sunflowers and decides to grow one for himself.
Kids Explore — Live-action videos
Measuring Heights
Kids measure themselves by stacking blocks. They count the blocks in Spanish and English.
Experimenting with Seeds
Kids experiment by growing plants from different seeds, both in the sun and in the dark.
Exploring Small Places
Using sticks, kids make a small square and then look very closely to see what living things they can find inside the square.
Collecting and Sorting
Kids make collections of items they discover in their yard.
Family Science Letters
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