Hairy Moong Mary

Anya is learning about the plant life cycle by growing some plants at kinder, so I thought why not do this fun learning activity at home!

While a lot of fun, this teaches toddlers about how a seed becomes a seedling n then a plant! It also instills caring by making them aware that plants need water and sunlight to thrive and grow.

And all you need are a couple of handy everyday things...

1. An empty yoghurt tub

2. Some cotton balls

3. A couple of Sharpie's

4. Some Moong lentil (or any whole lentil should do)

So to make our hairy Mary I just got anya to draw a face on the yoghurt tub however she wanted n helped her with it.

Then filled it up with cotton balls to about 3/4th full.

Then scattered the lentils all over the cotton and watered it in so the cotton is soaked.

And then just left it at a party sunny spot.

The seeds start to sprout the very next day but it takes a while for the shoots to grow longer.

This is how ours looks in 10 days...

And experimenting further, see how the shoots are all bending forward in the pic below? We kept Mary in a dark spot away from the windows and light. So the shoots stretched forward to get more light! 

Amazing how intelligent nature is!