Meeting Basic Needs

This week we are learning all about basic needs and how those needs are met. To better understand this concept we've bought two plants for our classroom. On one of the flowers we put the sign, "Basic Needs Met". This is the flower we are going to water everyday and give plenty of sunlight.

 

The other plant we labeled, "Basic Needs Not Met". This plant we are shielding from the sun. We are also not going to water this plant. Over the week we will observe the changes between the two plants. We will use these observations to have class discussions on the importance of meeting basic needs. 

UPDATE: It has been a week and we have an update on our plants! Our plant that has had it's basic needs met throughout the week is doing great! The flowers are open and adding a beautiful use of color to our classroom. The flower in which basic needs were not being met, well, it didn't fare as well... 

This was a great way to discuss basic needs and their importance to our everyday life! Be sure to talk to your child and have them share with you the information we've learned!!