Planting Sunflower Seeds with Phebe and Decorating the Playhouse

It was an outdoor kind of day at Lavender Farm. Teacher Phebe taught us more about planting seeds in soil and helping them to grow with gentle watering and sunlight. We filled small containers with fresh soil using our play shovels, then gently patted the soil. Next Phebe gave each of us two sunflower seeds to plant in the soil. We used our fingertips to gently pat the seeds into the soil. Then Phebe came around with a pail of water and helped us to water the seeds. Both today’s sunflower seeds and yesterday’s green beans are now sitting in the sun (hopefully germinating).

After our gardening, we moved to our main outdoor play space. Many friends helped decorate the playhouse with colorful chalk (see below).