gardening with dad

Answer the following questions in a different colour text.

1. Why is spring the best time for planting seeds? It's the best time to start planting the seeds.
2. Why did the girl and her dad need to get the soil ready first? So the soil can grow soft and nice.
3. Where did the girl put the weeds and the dead plants? She put them on a compost pile.
4. What is humus made from? It was made from dead plants and animals.
5. Why doesn’t water stay in sandy soil?  The sandy soil is too soft .
6. How do worms help the soil? The worm eats the soil after it passes through their bodies.
7. Why do plants grow well in damp soil? Because the soil has water in it  
8. Why will Dad put stakes next to each plant? Because the plants grow tall and straight.

Create: Go outside and take a ‘before’ photo of your garden. Now do some weeding and take an ‘after’ picture of your gardening work for today :)

How Paint Is Mixed

Answer the following questions in a different colour text.

1. Why do some paint colours need to be mixed? Because the shop does not sell all the
2.   colours.
3. Why do paint shops have cards showing paint colours? So customers can choose.
4. Why does each paint colour have a different name? So customers know what colours
5. they should choose.
6. Why does the coloured paint need to flow from the cylinder to the small tube? So the
7. shop assistant can check if it's the right amount.
8. Why is it necessary to use a base paint? Because it's easy to mix all  the colours.
9. Why is white paint easy to mix with other colours? Because other colours are hard to mix.
10. Why is the lid of the tin pressed on firmly?Stop the lid from coming off and tipping out.
11. How are the different colours mixed together?With the machine.
12. Why do the colour need to be completely blended together?To mix all together.

Create: Have fun painting a picture with different blends of colours. Remember to always
wash your paint brushes after