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Garden With Your Children
Simple steps to help your kids get planting
What you’ll need:
- A child-size garden plot
- Some child-size gardening tools
- An assortment of seeds or plants (vegetables, flowers or a mix of both)
What to do:
- Get your kids involved in deciding what to plant in their garden. Some kids get really excited about the idea of growing their own fruits and vegetables. Suggest colorful vegetables, like peppers, to make the garden more beautiful and interesting to your kids. Some children prefer to stick to flowers. Sunflowers are always a huge hit with kids because of their mammoth size and spectacular appearance.
- Decide whether you want to start the garden with seeds or plants. Remember to factor in both the growing conditions in your area and your kids’ patience level. The beauty of starting with plants is that you end up with an “instant garden.&rdquo
- Don’t expect your kids to do all the garden maintenance themselves. If you pile too many chores on them, you’ll risk turning them off. It’ll seem too much like work.
- Encourage your kids to keep a gardening journal so they can record of how their garden does from year to year: which plants tend to thrive and which ones don’t.
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This is a really important thing for these times! It teaches them hard work and some appreciation. And lets them help out the family with providing. And the cost savings alone is a great reason to start a garden!
We like to garden with the neighbors' kids as well as our own...it's fun and many hands make light work!
My mom had a garden in outside our house when I was little. Taking care of it was one of my favorite activities. More kids should spend time in the dirt instead of in front of the TV. Being able to choose what to grow and then nurture them to fruition is very satisfying and educational. It is also a good lesson for forethought, mindfulness and caring for living things. In addition, it is a good place to start teaching your children about nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.
hi i'am always telling my grandson how inportant it is to eat your veggies.he will work the gartden with me but when it come time to eat his veggies he shy away..will eat carrots tho..thank you looking for some help here.
hi i'am always telling my grandson how inportant it is to eat your veggies.he will work the gartden with me but when it come time to eat his veggies he shy away..will eat carrots tho..thank you looking for some help here.
hi i'am always telling my grandson how inportant it is to eat your veggies.he will work the gartden with me but when it come time to eat his veggies he shy away..will eat carrots tho..thank you looking for some help here.