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How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

June 6, 2014 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Inviting young children to make small terrariums is a fun addition to the preschool gardening theme. They are fun to assemble, and it’s a great way for kids to learn how to take care of plants.

When we started our gardening theme, my co-teacher researched how to make a terrarium with kids. I had never owned a terrarium, let alone make one, so I was curious how she’d put this together for our preschoolers.

She found this idea on the internet and tweaked it a bit. I was in charge of helping the children put it together, and I admit I was a bit surprised at how much they loved this activity! They were so careful with each step and were so excited to take them home for more nurturing.

 

how to make a terrarium with kids

 

 

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

What you will need:

 

    • Clean wide mouth jam jars with lids (we put a call out to our preschool families for these jars)

    • Small pebbles

    • Activated charcoal

    • Soil

    • Small plastic figurines

    • Cuttings from succulent plants

 

 
How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

Setting it up:

I placed all of the materials in containers on a table.

 

Step 1:

Scoop the small pebbles into the jar.

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

Step 2:

Scoop the charcoal into the jar.

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Step 3:

Scoop the soil into the jar.

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

Step 4:

Add 2 figurines.

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

Step 5:

 

 Snip off pieces of the succulent plant and poke them into the soil.

 



 How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

 Step 6:

 

 
Give them water. (We put water in a spray bottle.)

 

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

Step 7:

Place the lid on the jar.

 

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

They are now ready to take home to enjoy!

 

 

How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

 

 

 


How to Make a Terrarium During Your Preschool Gardening Theme

More gardening activities for kids:

Gardening Ideas for Kids - Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

 

 

Bonus! Get a full week of preschool seeds theme lesson plans!

Preschool Seeds Printables
This set includes active hands-on learning ideas and the following printables:

1) Foods With and Without Seeds Shared Writing Recording Sheet
2) Uppercase Alphabet Seed Packet Cards
3) Lowercase Alphabet Seed Cards
4) A to Z Seed Writing Task Cards
5) 1 to 12 Flower Pot Seed Counting Mats
6) Seeds Science Journal
7) Seed Shape Tracing Task Cards
8) Seed Sorting Mat
9) Seed Theme Beginning Sounds Sort (Seeds T, F, C)
10) Seed Sprouting Graph

Get Your Lesson Plans

Preschool Classroom Seeds Theme Lesson Plans

Home Preschool Seeds Theme Lessons Plans

 

 

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Filed Under: preschool, Preschool Science, Science, Spring Activities Tagged With: gardening, nature, preschool, spring

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Theres Just One Mommy

    March 5, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    What an adorable activity to do with the preschoolers! I bet they loved it!

    • Sheryl

      March 9, 2015 at 10:11 pm

      Thank you! They sure did!

  2. karen

    March 17, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    I love this! Where did you get the cute figures? I assume the charcoal you got at a gardening store?

    • Sheryl

      March 18, 2015 at 9:48 pm

      Yes, the charcoal was from a gardening store. The figurines were purchased from a craft store online from my co-teacher. When I find out which one, I will include them in the post.

  3. Carolyn Tilghman

    March 18, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    Where dId you find the adorable deer/mushroom figures?

    • Sheryl

      March 18, 2015 at 9:47 pm

      My co-teacher found them from a craft supply place online, and I am not sure which one. I will come back and reply if I find out!

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