More Springtime Activities for Nannies and Au Pairs

Simple Seed Sort

In this easy activitiy children will examine seeds for similarities and differences.

You Will Need:
A variety of seeds
Large pieces of paper
Markers

Directions:

1. Give children a large number of seeds and ask them to separate paper into two sections or draw two circles on a piece of paper.


2. Ask them to organize the seeds into four distinctive groups (such as smooth and bumpy, long and round, fruits and vegetables, and so on). No seed can be left over.


3. Now draw another circle on the paper. Try organizing seeds into three distinctive groups.


4. Then try four distinctive groups.


5. Have children explain why they chose the categories.


6. As a challenge try grouping them even more specific groups.