This weekend, I wore the kids out hiking around town, biking, and playing ball at the local playground. The sun was out and the air was warm, so when we got home for lunch and our eight year old wanted to make lemonade with the last lemon in the fridge, I said “sure!”
During snack earlier, we had saved several pear and cherry seeds, so we added the lemon seeds to the pile. Our five year old joked that if we soaked the seeds in all the juices from our various fruits, they would grow into a tree with bearing all the fruit. Then we could have lemonade all the time! Hmmm, sounds like a hypothesis.
On their own, they girls decided to plant the seeds and try it out. I got out some potting soil and they found some pots. Then they each picked a few seeds and planted and watered them.
It didn’t take long to plant the seeds and it didn’t cost much, but it only takes a few minutes each day to train them to think like scientists. The moral of the story is: never miss an opportunity.
