What do plants eat?

We have been hearing a lot of great questions lately as we have been teaching the students all about questioning, how to ask a question, the words we use to begin a question, and the funny looking symbol at the end of a question! All these things have become part of daily discussions and the children are getting to be pros at recognizing and answering questions.

Last week, Mason asked a great question, "what do plants eat?" , so we decided that we should explore this inquiry a little further.  Since it has taken so long for spring to finally get here, and we have yet to see the beautiful green grass outside, we thought, why not plant green grass inside? So that is what we have done....we turned our sensory bin into a grass garden! On Wednesday, Mrs. Mendonca read a great book by Eric Carle called The Tiny Seed, which talks all about the journey of a seed from being carried along by the wind, to growing into a beautiful, healthy plant or flower. Then, we all gathered around the sensory bin and planted a lot of tiny grass seeds. We are learning all about how to take care of the grass and what the grass needs to grow. We will continue to do some research to answer Mason's question about what plants eat, and we will discover new questions along the way. Stay tuned for more updates!