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SeasonalSunflower Growing Race
> 90 minOutdoor
Who has the tallest sunflower? Children plant seeds and track over weeks whose flower grows the highest.
Learning goal
Children learn to take responsibility for a plant and understand the full life cycle from seed to harvest.
Materials
Step by step
- 1
Each child gets their own pot and 2–3 sunflower seeds.
- 2
Press the seeds about 2 cm deep into moist soil.
- 3
Water regularly and place in a sunny spot.
- 4
Measure the height every week and record it in the garden notebook.
- 5
If seedlings are too close together, keep the strongest one.
- 6
In summer the sunflower blooms – compare at the end: who won?
- 7
Harvest the seeds in autumn and hang them out for birds.
Tags
SunflowerGrowthCompetitionGardenSummer