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๐Ÿชฑ Soil & Mixing

Oomble Learning Activity Sheet

1. Color the story

๐ŸŸซ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿชจ

Soil is made of tiny rocks, old leaves, water and air. Sand feels gritty. Clay feels sticky.

๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒโ™ป๏ธ

Compost is old leaves and fruit peels that turned into dark, rich plant food.

๐Ÿชฑ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช

Earthworms are soil helpers. They dig tunnels so air and water can reach the roots.

๐Ÿฅฃ๐ŸŸซโž•

Let's mix potting soil! One part garden soil, one part compost, one part sand or coco peat.

2. Circle the right ones

Circle the things that go into a good soil mix!

๐ŸŸซ
soil
๐Ÿ‚
compost
โณ
sand
๐Ÿงด
plastic
๐Ÿฅซ
can
๐Ÿฅฅ
coco peat

3. Trace the words

SAND
CLAY
WORM
MIX

4. Unscramble

N D S A
A Y C L
W M R O
M X I

5. Draw a line to sort

๐ŸŒ banana peel โ—
๐Ÿฅš eggshell โ—
๐Ÿ”‹ battery โ—
โ™ป๏ธ Compost
๐Ÿšซ Not compost
โ— dry leaves ๐Ÿ‚
โ— juice box ๐Ÿงƒ
โ— veggie scraps ๐Ÿฅฌ

โญ Great job, explorer! Color your Soil Scientist star! โญ