Radishes, peas, and carrots can be planted in the spring for an early harvest. Leaf crops, such as lettuce and spinach, grow quickly and can be harvested more than once. Cherry tomatoes make a tasty snack and generally produce fruit earlier than larger tomatoes. Let your child help decide which plants to grow, based on his or her interests. As your child gains experience and interest, you can graduate to a small vegetable or flower garden. Use simple projects like these to teach your child about gardening basics, such as healthy soil, sunlight, and water. Grow a tomato plant in a pot on your patio. Plant beans or sunflowers in cups placed in a sunny window.
In fact, small and simple is generally better because children are more likely to maintain interest and less likely to become overwhelmed. You don't need a large yard to teach your child about gardening. Below are a few ideas to get you started: Tips for Teaching Kids How to Garden With just a few minutes per week, you can grow a simple garden project with your child. Gardening doesn't have to be expensive, complicated, or time-consuming.
Children are natural explorers who find joy in the simple pleasures of planting seeds or searching for earthworms. Perhaps most importantly, though, gardening with children is downright fun. Teaching kids to garden also encourages an attitude of conservation and respect for nature. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust." These are lofty character traits-ones we want our children to gain.
British horticulturist and garden writer Gertrude Jekyll said, "A garden is a grand teacher.
0 kommentar(er)
