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May Family Lab was all about sowing a seed! God is so great, he created seeds as a complete package! Complete with an embryo, first leaves, lunchbox for early food and a coat that protects the seed until a desirable environment is created!

Week 1 - Soil: For the first week we learned about Soil! Knowing what kind of soil is in your garden will help you amend it if necessary for what you intend to grow. It also helps you understand why certain plants do grow in your garden. Soil is made up of three inorganic materials: clay, sand and silt. We completed a lab where tested texture, Ph, and filtration. I did a soil jar test and concluded in our classroom we had sandy loam soil!

Week 2 - Seeds: I soaked pinto beans overnight and in class we peeled off the coats and the bean basically split naturally. We were able to locate the embryo, first leaves and lunchbox! Super cool! We then used the soaked seeds to create a take home seed in a bag to observe! Interesting fact that all flowering plant seeds are classified by how many first leaves are in the seeds. The term monocot and dicot come from the plant in seed form!

Week 3 - Roots: Once a seed germinates it grows roots! Roots are important for drinking in water and anchoring a plant! We talked about the main root systems of angiosperms which are fibrous and a taproot! Our fibrous roots is like a mop of hair that is shallow and soaks up surface level water fast! The taproot goes deep and is hard pull. We dug out dandelions and grass to observe the different roots and then had some fun dandelion play!

Week 4 - Vascular System: Now that we have a mature plant above the ground it will have built a vascular system to help it reach its goal of flowering! Like humans have veins plants have tube like structures that move water and glucose made during photosynthesis. The Xylem moves water from the roots up to the leaves. There that water is used to create glucose and the phloem then moves the glucose around and can go up and down and all around! We concluded this class with an end of year celebration and creek play!

That concludes Family Lab 2026! I’m so grateful for the opportunity to lead this class this year!

Experiences based gifts wrapped so pretty on the tree! I’d much rather have gifts that give us something to look forward to and more special time together! At the end of the day our kids really want our time and attention! Merry Christmas!

Citrus! Another favorite holiday craft of mine! Dried citrus has been used to represent many things but in my mind it is symbolic with gold and royalty! Our King is Jesus and so with each fruit that I dried I was in my mind creating a crown of gold! And there’s nothing better than the smell of citrus drying in the oven! Hallelujah to Jesus our King, Prince of Peace and Light of the world!