SMALL FOCUS GROUP

10:10-10:25 a.m.

Your Activity Description & Objective Materials

Colored Celery Sticks Description: Here is the time for each child to be -Liquid water
able to make their own colorful celery stick. Each coloring (RR1)
teacher will have 5 cups of water and 5 sticks of -celery sticks for
celery. The child can pick the food coloring that they each child (kitchen)
would like. Have the child put in the food coloring -one cup of water
with help from a teacher. Have them mix it with a per child (kitchen)
spoon. Hand each child a celery stick and have -Tape for names
them place it in the water. Talk about why the celery (RR1 orange 10)
stick is not changing colors right away. Also, discuss -Droppers (RR1
the different colors each student made. Ask orange 11)
questions such as:
-does anyone know why their celery stick is not
changing colors?
-Why?
-ask the students if they remember the parts of a
plant and help them label them and point to each
part together as a group.
Have the child write their name on a piece of tape
to label their celery stick. (maybe display in
classroom somewhere)
Books: Seeds Grow! by Angela Shelf Medearis PK6
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss PK7

CLOSING CIRCLE 10:25-10:40 a.m.

Transition: Freeze dance! Transition over to closing circle! CD player/ Music CD
Activity Name Description Materials
*Review I will bring my celery stick up to the front of the class and ask -Celery stick
them what they learned in school today. I will review that we in water
need to water our plants so that they stems, leaves, and roots
can grow big and strong. What happens when plants are
watered?