What Kind of Tool Can You Create to Take Care of Plants? 

Materials:

• Recycled materials such as plastic bottles, cups, cardboard tubes, and small containers.

• Craft materials such as craft sticks, string, tape, and child-safe scissors.

• Natural materials such as sticks, leaves, and stones.

Instructions:

• Talk about ways to take care of plants.

• Let the children choose materials and create a tool to help care for plants.

• Ask them to share their tool and explain how it helps plants

Powerful InterACTions- PK3

• What does a plant need?

• How can we take care of a plant?

• Which material would you like to use?

• What are you going to make?

• How will your tool help the plant?

Powerful InterACTions- PK4

• What kind of tool are you going to create to care for plants?

• Why did you choose these materials?

• How will your tool help take care of the plant?

• Where would your tool work best?

• When would a plant need this tool?

• What could you change to make your tool work better?