Life Science Revie

This article introduces how to talk about the process of death in the life cycle of a living thing to young children. I liked the article because it gave some procedures for maintaining a pl... See More

This article introduces how to talk about the process of death in the life cycle of a living thing to young children. I liked the article because it gave some procedures for maintaining a plant for student observation

Giving Children the Whole Story

I feel like as a country we have this obsession for candy-coating everything for children, and this article definitely points this out in a different light. I will be planning a life cycle ... See More

I feel like as a country we have this obsession for candy-coating everything for children, and this article definitely points this out in a different light. I will be planning a life cycle lesson for my internship in the first grade, and I was thinking about how to demonstrate the 'death' aspect of the life cycle. Thanks to the activity in this article, I think I have found a way to demonstrate it in at least the plant kingdom. I think the more students understand that death is a part of life, the better equipped they will be when having to inevitably witness it in their lifetime. Using a plant instead of an animal is a smart choice for young children, who usually grow attached to species that are ‘alive’ to them, so seeing a plant die will not be as detrimental as seeing a frog or butterfly they have raised from a ‘baby’ die before their eyes.