How do people and animals use plants (Function)?

The wind group children are waiting patiently to eat the beans and carefully recording every step of their bean growing experiment. 

"A wood bug lives there!"

In the meantime, we are directing our focus on to how people and animals use plants. 

After a walk in the forest, this is what the children stated: 

"A squirrel!"

Trystan "Look, a squirrel is using that tree to climb." 

Roy "And as a house." 

Sofia "We eat plants. Not only the beans that we are growing, but also plants in the forest. Huckleberries, Blackberries, Salmonberries." 

Jason "People use trees to climb on. How can some trees be so strong?"

             "Bugs use plants. A roly poly (wood bug) eats plants and uses bark to hide." 

Sofia "Worms eat plants and they also help the soil. They make nutrients."

Trystan "Sometimes we eat roots. Like a carrot." 

Keira "I smell mint. Do people eat mint?"

We read the story "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens and ended our group time with a short assessment. 

The children drew a picture of different plant parts that we eat (Roots, Leaves, Fruit/Seed).