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Kids Colouring Activity Click on the image to the left to open up a larger version, then simply print it out and colour it in. Have fun!

Here is an easy experiment to try: Learning how plants grow:-

Ask mum for an onion and a small jar. Fill the jar with clean water about 3/4 of the way to the top.
Sit the onion over the opening with the end where the roots grew from over it, but not touching the water.
Place the jar and onion in a warm place, a window sill or where it will receive a lot of light, (but not in the direct hot sun).

Wait for several weeks.

The onion will start to send down roots to the water and also may eventually show a green shoot at the top.

This is an example of how plants grow when put into the soil.

You could try planting the onion into the garden afterwards and use the water from the jar for this. It may not grow, depending on how old it was when you started the experiment. If it does, you could leave it in the ground until it goes to seed. Then once it dies down, the seeds can be collected and planted into punnets.

Do you want to learn how seeds grow?

It is very hard sometimes as most are under the ground and you only know they are growing when the fresh green shoots poke their heads out of the soil in your garden.

Here is an easy experiment for you to try. You will need:-

The flat lid of a cardboard egg carton. A plastic tray a little larger than the carton. You can use only half of the lid of the carton if you don't have a plastic tray large enough. Some pea, bean or pumpkin seeds. Water.

Instuctions - Place the cardboard lid upside down onto the tray. Sprinkle your choice of 6 seeds of one type or a selection of different seeds onto the cardboard.

Carefully pour enough water to cover the bottom of the lid, (the water will seep into the rest of the cardboard and make it wet) Once the cardboard reaches this stage, don't put any more water into the lid. Make sure you don’t move any of the seeds when you put in the water.

Place the tray on a window sill, where it will receive the morning sun.

Each day, check the lid. If it starts to dry out, slowly add more water until all the cardboard again becomes wet but not too soggy.

After 3-4 days, you should notice the seeds have become larger and fatter. A pale shoot (or sprout) will begin to come from the top of the seed.

Check over the next and following day to see that the how much the shoot has grown.

After one week, you should see major changes in the seeds. You could then put the seeds into your garden so they can send down roots and give you a healthy plant.

Perhaps a grown up or a friend can help you plant these growing and active seeds.

HOW TO PRESERVE CHILDRENS LIVES.

Take one large grassy field, one half dozen children, Two or three small dogs, a pinch of brook, And some small pebbles. Mix children and dogs well together and put them in a field Stirring constantly. Pour the brook over the pebbles, sprinkle the field with flowers. Spread over all - a deep blue sky and bake in a hot sun. When brown, remove and set to cool in a bathtub. Serve once in a while.

Nicholas Bielby still visits his chicken James who enjoys being cuddled. Nicholas' Grandad had been hoping the chicken would have to be called Jane, unfortunately it is a rooster. And Nicholas is adamant we cannot eat JAMES!

Nicholas Bielby with his first garden.

Hi, my name is Nicholas Bielby and I am 71/2 years old.

I love going to my Grandma and Grandad's house because they have a big garden, some chickens and a pony called sugar.

I sometimes help Grandad in the garden, I help pick strawberries and pull out big carrots. I help spread sugar cane mulch too.

I have my own baby chick called James, I won it in a competition from school when it was only seven days old. I took care of it in a big box and my Mum filled a hot water bottle every night to help it sleep.

It is too big now and lives at Grandad's with the other chickens. I go and visit it after school and make sure the other chickens don't bully it.