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Cress World Map

March 23, 2017 by Emma Edwards Leave a Comment

With Earth Day around the corner I wanted to set myself a challenge – to create a map of the world using cress. Making the world would be difficult in itself but for me the challenge would be to grow the cress and then to keep it alive. I have an awful reputation for accidentally killing plants. I either do not show the plant enough love and forget to water it or I love it too much and drown the plant. Time would tell if I would succeed in growing cress for the first time in our Cress World Map.

Cress World Map

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Resources needed for Cress World Map

* World map – we used a World Map Wall Sticker

* Large tray – we used a Dark blue Tuff Spot

* A3 paper

* Marker pen

* Cotton Wool Roll

* Cress seeds – Kings Seeds and Little Growers Cress Seeds

Resources to make a Cress World Map

How to set up Cress World Map Sensory Play Tray

1. Place A3 paper on top of a world map and trace around the map. I used Adam’s World Map Wall Sticker and traced a basic outline of the world. It took three pieces of A3 paper to cover the world. Cut out each continent.

2. Roll out the Cotton Wool on the Tuff Spot and place the paper continents on top. Use a marker pen to trace around the map. We discovered that drawing on to cotton wool proved impossible. However, making dots was easier.

Cotton wool world map

3. Cut out the cotton wool continents and position them on the map.

Making a map out of cress seeds

3. Cover the cotton wool in cress seeds, plenty of water and allow time to go.

Originally I used three packets of cress seeds to cover the world and poured lots of water over the cotton wool until it was soaked through. However, the next day I realised that three packets of cress seeds would not be enough. I visited another garden centre and purchased a further three packets. Due to my inexperience I didn’t know that packets of seeds contained different quantities. Our new Kings Seeds contained 5,000 seeds whereas our previous packets of Little Growers Cress Seeds only contained 2,000 seeds and had cost more. Upon reflection three packets of the Kings Seeds would have been adequate.

Cress sensory earth

Watching the Cress World Map grow

Adam loved watching the cress seeds grow. He gave me frequent reminders to water the Tuff Spot. We purchased a spray water bottle so he could water the cress himself. For the next 4 days Adam watered our Cress Map Tuff Spot three times a day. The Tuff Spot was positioned near the window so it got plenty of sunlight.

Earth day sensory play with cress

By the 6th day our Cress World Map Tuff Spot was ready. At this point I had no idea how Adam would play with the world map. I decided to take his lead. After showing Adam that the cress had fully grown he disappeared downstairs. He returned with as many plastic animals as he could carry.

World animals sensory play

Together we used an atlas to decide where to locate the animals. It was surprising how many of our animals lived in Africa and very few came from Asia or America.

Countries sensory play

During the next few days Adam returned to the Cress World Map Tuff Spot frequently. He loved hiding the animals within the “tall trees” and talking about what each country was like.

Earth Day Tuff Spot

Our Cress World Map Tuff Spot was certainly a miracle. I had managed to grow a plant without killing it!

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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