🔬 Grow a Seed and Watch It Change

🧺 Materials

• a dried bean or seed
• a clear cup or jar
• a damp paper towel or some soil
• water
• a sunny windowsill

📋 Instructions (parent)

1. Talk about what a seed is and what it needs to grow: water, sunlight, and soil or air.
2. Tuck a bean against the side of a clear cup with a damp paper towel, or plant it in soil.
3. Let your child add a little water and place the cup on a sunny windowsill.
4. Have your child draw or describe what the seed looks like today.
5. Water it together every day or two and check for tiny roots and a sprout.
6. Each day, talk about what changed and what the plant still needs.

➕ Extension ideas

• Plant two seeds and give one no sunlight to compare how they grow.
• Measure the sprout with your fingers each day and count how tall it gets.

🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish

💬 Conversation prompts

• ¿Qué necesita la semilla para crecer?
• ¿Qué ves hoy en la semilla?
• ¿Cuánta agua le damos?
• ¿Dónde ponemos la planta para que reciba sol?
• ¿Qué crees que pasará mañana?

🔑 Vocabulary

• semilla — seed
• planta — plant
• raíz — root
• crecer — to grow
• agua — water
• sol — sun
• tierra — soil