Find a favorite recipe or make up your own from a base of vegetable or chicken stock and your preferred ingredients. Make homemade vegetable soup -Cooking is a great natural way to incorporate math, science, and homemaking skills into your studies. Sorting the seeds will help your child work on fine motor skills and teach them how to identify different seed types.

Pour all seeds into the center of the container and give your child a set of pinchers. You can also grab one of these divided dishes at Dollar tree, Tape one of each seed into each space then tape the seed packet to the edge so you know which is which. Sort Seeds- Pick up several inexpensive packs of seeds, you can grab these at Dollar Tree. This is a great art project and is also useful in your garden to keep your rows sorted. Make garden markers- Make simple DIY Garden Markers. Try this Pallet Garden for a simple self-contained container garden that doesn’t require any weeding. Choose seed packets together from the garden store, start seeds, plant, weed, fertilize, and harvest your garden together to teach your child a valuable skill. Start your seeds indoors in little cups, keep them watered and replant in the ground or containers after they are about 2” tall. Some vegetables that are good for container gardens are – tomatoes, peppers, beans, and onions. Plant a small garden- If you don’t have much space or you just don’t have the inclination you can plant an item or two in a large container. Grab Growing Vegetable Soup book and start planning. Kids will love learning where their food comes from. The heart of the growing season is the perfect time to use the Growing Vegetable Soup unit study.

Growing vegetable soup book