Plants provide us with food, building materials, raw resouces used in manufacturing processes, fuel and life-saving drugs, as well bringing colour, scent and beauty into our lives. Plants also play an essential role in maintaining the environmental sustainability of the earth.
Cultivating and looking after plants are ideal ways for young children to be introduced to the importance of caring for living things and their responsibility for taking care of the planet.
This information provides you with some of the background knowledge that you need to support young children's scientific learning. Use this information to help you to provide experiences and ask questions which will help the children to build their own scientific understanding.
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