FIAR: Miss Rumphius

Ah, the lovely "Lupine lady", Miss Rumphius!  The more I read this book, the more I love it.

We rowed it a few weeks ago and expanded into a seed unit.

It follows the life of a little girl who lived by the sea

And grew up to see the far corners of the world.

Though she never married,

she lived a happy and contented life

making the world a more beautiful place.

We had a lot of fun painting lupines 

( Lavender seeds that we planted (wish I had lupines!))

And they enjoyed making their lapbooks...

(Poor girl was sick this day..)

We followed up this with our seed unit..
starting from potting seeds in starter pots... 

to watering and watching them grow... 

then painting bigger pots and replanting them.  They loved it all.

Beans starting to sprout...

Bean plants!

Sweet peas..

Our Iris bulbs.

Painting terra cotta pots

We also did an inadvertent seed experiment.

The beans taped to the cold glass window

did not grow at all, making obvious to the girls

the importance of having the right temperature

 in plant growth.

(In addition to needing water, air, and sunlight.  It was a fun unit!)