ABSTRACT
Of the changes that occur in time, there is one that is particularly relevant to children, namely the phenomenon of growth. While children are, of course, most interested in human growth they are far from indifferent to the question of plant growth. Having learned, as early as kindergarten, that a seed will turn into a shoot or, at least in the case of children who have some experience of nature, that a flower grows, blossoms and then withers or that the grass gets longer, young children know perfectly well that the concept of growth can be applied to plant life.
