Supplementary Resources

There are so many wonderful resources out there for educators to use when facilitating the big idea of Transformations!  Here are a handful of some of my favourites that I have come across for your convenience:

Videos

In this video, Robert Teacher discusses how plants grow and change.  Interestingly, he begins the video by comparing the life cycle of a plant to that of a child, something that kindergartners can relate to!

This is another neat video by Robert Teacher, but this one focuses on how animals grow and transform from babies to adults!  I really enjoy the subtitles in the video, because it also promotes literacy!

This is a video educators can show young children.  It is a Time Lapse video of a Tomato plant over a span of 22 days but sped up to last only 1 minute and 13 seconds!

Blogs

The Educators Spin On It - Gardening with Kids
http://www.theeducatorsspinonit.com/2012/06/gardening-with-blog-hop-tons-of-great.html 

 Organic Gardening - A Blog Post on Gardening with your Children
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/gardening-kids


Teach Beside Me - this blog also comes complete with an amazing list of books to supplement the learning of gardening and the transformation of seeds to plants

http://teachbesideme.com/gardening-with-kids/

 

Pinterest

The Educators' Spin On It -  The same authors as the blog above, but with fantastic ideas pinned to their Pinterest Board!
http://www.pinterest.com/educatorsspinon/gardening-with-kids/