Object: a seedling

Lesson: ... yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs.

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a large tree for you to see this morning. It was so large, I almost couldn't get it through the door! Here it is! (Hold up the seedling.) This doesn't look like a large tree, does it? (Let them respond.) No, it's called a seedling, because it started out from a seed or sometimes we cut a tiny part off another tree to make a cutting and it will grow into a tree. (Tell how large your seedling is likely to become.) That's kind of hard to believe. We can't see it grow, can we? (Let them respond.) If we sat all day and all night for several days or even months, we still wouldn't see it grow because it happens so slowly. But if you plant it and wait a y…