Gardening for Kids
With spring right around the corner, now is a great time to start planning this year's vegetable garden. If you've
never actually planted a garden with your children, this year is the perfect time to start.
Gardening is one of the best learning opportunities that you can give to your child. Obviously, your child
will learn scientific principles of horticulture as he plants a seed and watches it grow. But there are so many other
things that you child will learn while gardening.
- He will learn perseverance as he goes out to the garden day after day to pull weeds and
water the plants.
- He will learn patience as he waits for the plants to grow - and then waits for harvest
time when he can finally taste the fruits of his labor.
- He will learn planning and math skills as he helps you to come up with a plan for
your garden - including properly spacing the plants according to their differing needs.
- He will learn where food comes from and all of the different processes it takes to
go from the seed packet to the table.
- He will learn ingenuity as he comes up with different ways to prevent pests from
getting into the garden and ruining the crops.
- He will learn how to appreciate good, honest hard work
And the list goes on and on. Plant a garden with your child. It's too amazing of a learning experience for you
to let it pass your family by. For more information, check out the books and resources in the
Gardening for Kids section of our store.
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