You can’t have too many carrots unless you are the rabbit in the super sweet and funny picture book “Too Many Carrots” by Katy Hudson.
“Too Many Carrots” by Katy Hudson is a book about a rabbit who has too many carrots and can’t fit them all in his house. He decides he needs to find a new home for him and his carrots. This book is about friendship, homes, spacial awareness, carrots, animals and the list could go on. It is a beautifully illustrated book with simple text and a great story to read aloud. I posed for the photo below so you could check out the cover of the book…
After reading the book, I invited each of my students to “plant” a carrot top to see if a new stem would grow…
The children started by pouring a tiny amount of water in the dish…
Then simply set the upper part of the root of the carrot in the water stem-side up…
This was a process my students could handle easily. They have been pouring water, juice, and other all school year long all by themselves…
The stem of the carrots should start to grow in about a week (see diagram below) if I actually did this right. We will soon see what happens!
Oh and by the way, you really can’t have too many carrots in preschool. We had carrots everywhere today and still plenty of room for us all!
Links to Grow On
A Day of Exploring Carrots by Teach Preschool
Spring Sensory Playtub with Carrots by Nurture Store
Writing, Painting, Printing with Carrots by Nurture Store