Learning Home Ec In The Home: Starting Seeds and a Science Experiment

So this afternoon we started some seeds, you can read about it here. It was a BLAST! While planting our seeds, my younger girls asked why it was so important to make sure the plants never went dry. So we decided to do an experiment:

In these two bags, we have some beans...

(The same beans from this math blog with dad!)

I told the girls that in one bag we would start with water, but then not give it water ever again. 

In the other bag, we will water it always, making sure it stays moist. Then they will be able to see within a week, why it is important for our plants in our planters, shown below, must always have water.

They also practiced their printing skills:

Six Year Old's Handiwork

Seven year old working away...

All in all, a wonderful home-school day! I am SO glad the Lord pointed us in this direction! God is goo!