Unabridged: a Charlesbridge Children's Book Blog — Sarah Lynne Reul

Beansprout: A Social Emotional Growth 0

Some of us at Charlesbridge decided to join Ms. Greene's classroom and try to plant our own seeds to see what grows. The experience was very much like Beansprout, written and illustrated by Sarah Lynne Ruel with successes and failures as we tried to grow some wildflowers.

By no means are we experts in growing flowers, this being a new experience for us as we challenged ourselves to do something new.

So we gathered the seeds, flower pots, and soil, and took part in our own version of Ms. Greene's experiment.

With three different size flower pots, we planted wildflowers, watered them with just the right amount of water, not too little, not too much, and with some hope (and not too much expectation), we left it to nature to decide which one of us had a green thumb.

Overall, it was successful as two got cute little buds sprouting . . . and one did not. It was definitely a wave of hope and disappointment and even a little sadness to see the others sprout and nothing much coming out of one of the pots. A calm down corner like in Beansprout would have been nice to have.

Beansprout is the perfect social emotional moment for the classroom as the students face success and  disappointment in their gardening experiments. This book ties in nicely with any gardening and agriculture curriculum while also teaching readers how to deal with their big emotions when things don't turn out how they expected.

Beansprout
Sarah Lynne Reul
Hardcover: 978-1-62354-475-1
Available Now!
$17.99

What happens when you do everything right, but it doesn’t work out? When classmates start having success with their seeds, one student's just won't sprout.

A picture book about planting and growing, where grown-ups and kids can talk about disappointment, emotions, and second chances.

It's seed-planting time in Ms. Greene's classroom! One of the kids has big predictions for their mystery seed and does everything just so to make sure it grows. But as all the other seeds start to sprout, theirs . . . doesn't. 

More Resources:
Beansprout Activity Kit
Author Panel: Celebrating Social-Emotional Learning in 2025
Tissue Paper Printing with Author-Illustrator Sarah Lynne Reul
Sarah Lynne Reul Introduces Beansprout
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