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An introduction to gardening

What You Need:

• Sunflower seeds


• Plastic cups (cardboard egg carton or recycled food containers)


• Soil


• Spray bottle


• Scoop to transfer soil to cup

What To Do:

1. Encourage your child to scoop the soil into the cup. Fill to ¾ of the cup.


2. Poke 2 holes in the soil.


3. Place a seed in each hole and cover the seeds with soil.


4. Spray the soil with water (this can be done daily).


5. As the plant grows (it usually takes a few days for a small sprout to appear), talk about how the plant is growing.

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