Kangaroo Kids are now reaping the
harvest of their spring planting and the long hot summer of tending their
garden. They have a totally organic
garden with many cucumbers, peppers, squash, pumpkins, mint, tomatoes, flowers,
and herbs of all varieties. Even the
youngest two year olds have helped to care for the garden and it has flourished
under the direction of Diana Flores, Kangaroo Kids Discovery Preschool Lead
Teacher.
What child doesn't like to play in
the dirt, make mud pies, or check out the bugs and worms? Because children are
naturally curious, they can learn many lessons through gardening.
Children learn about Science by studying the life
cycle of plants, and discussing what plants needs to grow? Math skills can be reinforced with such
activities as measuring the length or circumference of the produce, counting
seeds, spacing the plants, or comparing the sizes of seeds. A rain gauge can also be used to measure the
amount of rainfall. Kangaroo Kids teachers
read the children books about gardening to enhance their Language &
Reading experiences. They explore
seed catalogs to decide what to plant and review recipe books to decide how to
use their harvests.
Gardening can teach children how to be responsible
by feeding, weeding and watering their garden as well as giving them a sense of
accomplishment as they watch what they have nurtured grow into edible products.
The
community is welcome to visit Kangaroo Kids garden and share in some of the
harvests. You can see more photos by
“liking” Kangaroo Kids Child Care and Learning Facebook page. The next Community Event will be Kangaroo
Kids Fall Festival on Friday October 23rd. Call
908-231-7800 to learn about all the upcoming Community events at Kangaroo
Kids.
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