Children listen to Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. Then they make connections to their own planting experiences.
Introduce Growing Vegetable Soup to the class.
Read the story aloud.
Materials
- Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Preparation
- Familiarize yourself with the book Growing Vegetable Soup before reading with children.
Directions: Lesson 7
Circle Time: Introduction
- Introduce the book Growing Vegetable Soup. Read the title. Possible discussion ideas:
- Have you ever eaten vegetable soup?
- Who can name a vegetable they like to eat?
- Where does your family get vegetables to make vegetable soup or a salad?
- Read the story aloud. Pause occasionally to ask questions. Possible discussion ideas:
- What did the child and her dad do first?
- Where do they plant the seeds and sprouts?
- What parts of the plants are growing above ground?
- Did the plants grow quickly? Why or why not? Elicit the idea that seeds can take a long time to grow. Sometimes you have to wait and wait before a plant pops out of the soil.
- As you read, help children make and describe connections to their own planting experiences. Possible discussion ideas:
- What happened first to the seeds the child planted? Has that ever happened to seeds you planted?
- What do the child and dad do to help the garden plants grow?
- Which of these things are we doing to help our plants?
- Have you eaten any of the vegetables the child and her dad put in their soup?
- What do you know about plants after reading the story?
- Flip through the illustrations again and have children clap when they see vegetables they like to eat.
