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Thoughts
of Spring
Children and plants just naturally go together, and it's a wise
teacher who takes advantage of this natural bond.
With Spring just around the
corner, thoughts turn to remembrances of other classrooms years
ago, and lima bean seeds lovingly planted in Dixie cups and placed
with care on a sunny windowsill. The name of your elementary science
book may elude you, and you may not remember the content of a single
text, but those bean seeds have probably remained a wonderful memory
through all of the years.
New generations of young people
now fill the schoolrooms and hallways, but they, too, can experience
the excitement of planting seeds and observing the first signs of
germination.
Growing plants in the classroom
requires very little space and few materials. Planting and growing
projects in the classroom can be used to reinforce a variety of
math and science concepts.
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