Our bean plants have started to yield beans. When we returned from spring break, the children noticed bean pods hanging from our pole beans plants.  In preschool, we explore plants to observe and understand the full life cycle of a plant, to introduce students to the basic needs of plants, to learn that some plants can make a healthy fruit or vegetable snack.  At the end of this week, the children will help prepare the beans by cutting them with a plastic knife.  We will be making fried rice with the beans for snack.