The students observed an amaryllis bulb at our planning meeting and saw some new roots beginning to push out. Maybe it will grow! We will plant that bulb in soil and water it to see if it will grow a flower.
In the meantime, Ms Kadota shared an amaryllis plant from her home that has already started to sprout. The children observed the long stalk and the bud at the top and a set of leaves pushing out of the soil. They also noticed that Ms Kadota had added a name stick in the soil and asked her to read the name of the plant. This variety of amaryllis plant is known as a Dancing Queen.
The children found this very intriguing. "I wonder why it's called that," asked a child. A lively conversation began.
"Maybe because it's the Queen of the Flowers."
"Maybe after it grows, we'll find out."
"Maybe some music will make it dance."
"Let's try!"
We decided to sing. One child suggested Deep and Wide. We sang a verse. No dancing.
"Maybe if we sing louder," a hopeful child offered.
"Maybe if it's windy out, it might look like it's dancing."
There were many ideas.
We will have our eyes on this plant and its potential dancing. We will also watch our own amaryllis bulb that we put into soil to see what will happen in the coming weeks. In the meantime, at the hexagon table, the children did observational drawings to record how the plant looks now. We will draw it again when it opens to notice how it changes.
