We've been growing Paperwhite bulbs in the classroom. These are so much fun to observe! We put water in the bottom of our cups and used toothpicks to keep our bulbs in place. We've been drawing and writing about our observations. In kindergarten, we've been working on careful observation. We noticed that our bulbs were brown, with white roots, and a little bit of green coming out of the top. We talked about the fact that even though we LOVE the color purple, there is no purple on our bulb. So, we decided that we wouldn't draw with purple. Observing and drawing exactly what we see is hard work in kindergarten.
Our Paperwhite bulbs will be coming home today, so kids can observe them over the long break. I would encourage parents to have kids do some careful observation and draw and/or write about what they see. I'm sure there will be lots of changes over the next few weeks!
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