Gardening is a wonderful learning
experience for children!!!! I am amazed
at how skillfull, even the two year olds are at caring for their
garden at Kangaroo Kids while planting, watering, weeding and harvesting!! The
children are so proud of their accomplishments!! They have learned about responsibility, pride in a job well done,
taking turns, being gentle and not to mention all the aspects of science they
are learning!!!
Gardening is a tremendous time to
teach literacy as teachers or parents explain the names of plants and the parts
that make up their structure.
And we can’t forget math… look at how
they creatively used a ruler to measure their harvest and carry the squash to
learn about weight and density!! There
was also a wonderful lesson in teamwork as the worked together to carry the plants
that were too heavy to carry alone!!!
Get started in your preschools or
even at home and grow your own little garden so children can experience
wonderful hands on activities in literacy, math, science as well as social
skills of team work and responsibility and pride in a job well done!
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