Growing Seeds
It took me a matter of minutes to prep for this activity. I grabbed a couple of old take-out containers with lids and several packets of left over seeds and called my 1.5 and 4.5 year olds over.
I asked each child to pick the 3 seeds they wanted to plant in their container and then helped lay them out so they could observe them. We talked about the different sizes, shapes, colors, and even texture of the seeds. My 4 year old, A, loved showing her little brother which seeds grow foods we eat {pumpkin, green beans, corn, and peas} and which seeds grow leaves or roots we eat {cilantro and carrot}.