What Plants Need

1What is missing? The soil is dry.

Read aloud: Nobody has watered these flowers for a whole week. They still have their sunny window and their good soil. Point to the one thing they are missing.

2What is missing? It lives in the dark.

Read aloud: Someone waters this tree every morning and its soil is deep and good, yet it is going pale in a closet with the door shut. Point to the one thing it is missing.

3What is missing? It is on a stone path.

Read aloud: These acorns get rain and sunshine every day on their stone path, yet nothing sprouts. Roots have nowhere to go. Point to the one thing they are missing.

4What do you plant to grow one?

Read aloud: The garden has good soil, plenty of sun, and a watering can. To grow a new flower, what do you put in the ground? Point to it.

5What comes up first?

Read aloud: The planted acorn has soil, water, and light. In a few days something small and green pokes through. Point to what comes up first.

6One plant did not grow. What did it miss?

Read aloud: Three plants got the same soil and the same water. Two sat by the window and grew; one sat in a closed box and did not. Point to what the box kept away from it.