I tried this and the beans grew pretty quick. Be sure to display the baggie at the children’s eye level so they can observe the beans growing.

Materials per child:

  • 1 paper towel
  • A bowl of water
  • Sandwich Ziploc baggies
  • 4-6 white beans

Directions:

  1. Have children dip the paper towel into the bowl of water (don’t rinse the water out, the paper towel needs to be wet).
  2. Have children drop the paper towel and beans into the baggie, seal the baggie leaving air in the baggie.
  3. Tape baggie to the window.