Grow Sprouts in a Jar
Dry lentils soak overnight and grow little white tails on the windowsill. Three days later they land on a slice of bread.
What you need
- Dried lentils, peas or wheat grains
- A clean jar
- A piece of gauze or thin cloth
- A rubber band
- Cold water
- A bowl
- A ruler
How to play
- Let your child tip two spoonfuls of lentils into a clean jar.
- Fill the jar with cold water and leave it on the table overnight.
- Cover the mouth with gauze, fix it with a rubber band and pour the water out through it.
- Rinse and drain the seeds every morning and evening, standing the jar upside down at an angle in a bowl.
- Look for small white tails on the second or third day and measure one with a ruler.
- Rinse the sprouts and taste them on buttered bread once the tails are as long as the seeds.
