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April 13, 2015 | 17 Comments

Seed Sorting Activity Tray

seed sorting in preschool My class is learning about gardens right now and this week we are focusing on seeds and how they grow into plants. This seed sorting activity tray will be used during free choice and I will be withins arms reach since these seeds can easily be placed places we don’t want them to be like in mouths, nostrils…ears…  I would never introduce an activity that I didn’t think my students could do successfully but children are unpredictable so being close by is always a great idea.

Gather your materials. You will need a divided tray, some seed packets, tweezers, scissors, and tape. You may also want some ziplocs and a sharpie for storing extra seeds.seed tray activity for kids

I chose seeds that would likelybe familiar to my group of 3 year olds. With older children throw in a few less recognizable ones for a challenge. seed matching game for kids

Start by cutting the package carefully on the bottom.  Pop a few seeds in the center section of your tray and put the rest in a labeled bag for later use.seed tray for kids science

Tape the empty seed envelope to the tray. I have regular tape shown in the picture above but I ended up using packing tape. seed matching activity for preschool

For really little guys you will probably want to place one seed of each plant in the proper section as a guide if you can’t introduce the activity yourself. If you can I would ask them if each seed looks like any of the vegetables pictured or of they have ever seen seeds like these before. seed tray for preschoolThen see if they can match them to the pictures. In a free choice scenario where you may be attending to many children in a short amount of time you have a few choices. My favorite is to observe during free choice and then bringing the tray back out later at circle time to talk about the seeds adding to the students previous experience with the seeds during free choice. Then the tray will be brought out for free choice again in the coming days.

tweezing seedsI added tweezers to this activity for some novelty but little fingers are perfectly acceptable too!

seed matching

My daughter tested out my activity before I packed it away into my school bag.

Have you explored seeds with your child or classroom? What is your favorite seed activity? Tell me all about it here in comments or on my Facebook Page. 

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Fine Motor Activities, Free Choice Activities, Garden, Seeds, Sorting | 17 Comments

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17 Comments

  1. Kerri Bataille says

    April 14, 2015 at 6:28 am

    Where did you get your sorting trays?

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    • Ashley says

      April 20, 2016 at 9:27 am

      I am curious as well!!!

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      • Allison McDonald says

        April 21, 2016 at 7:47 am

        Dollar Tree!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      April 21, 2016 at 7:48 am

      Dollar Tree – I am pretty sure my local one still has it!

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    • Sally McMurry says

      March 19, 2018 at 3:09 am

      Hi. Where did you get the plastic tweezers?

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      • Allison McDonald says

        March 21, 2018 at 2:02 pm

        THe dollar store!

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  2. Tiffany says

    April 4, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    Where did you get the tray? It is perfect!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 7, 2016 at 11:42 pm

      Either Walmart or the Dollar Store – I think this one came from Walmart!

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