During the topic, the children plant bean and sunflower seeds, care for them and watch them grow. Their role-play area is a garden centre and they also have a small world garden. The topic also links to literacy, as they read non-fiction books (My Bean Diary, How Plants Grow) and fiction books (Jaspers Beanstalk, Jim and the Beanstalk), that not only help them to understand more about plants, but also provide opportunities to learn about story structure and the features of non-fiction texts.