Gardening with Kids Teaching Life Long Skills
Gardening with Kids Extends Academic Learning in the Real World
- perform easy garden experiments with the vegetables from their refrigerator,
- test the soil acidity levels
- explore simple propagation
- learn about bees and pollination
- make and go on an alphabet garden hunt
- read a garden themed picture book
- make your own plant labels
- set up an invitation to read in the garden
The Garden Classroom Book
As you can tell by our blog, here at The Educators’ Spin On It, we believe that the garden is a true outdoor classroom. My kids wake up and race outside to check on their growing tomatoes and it melts my heart. They know where their food grows and how it grows. They have even started to check out their own gardening books at the library to find out more about plants. Our gardens are truly a place where math, science, literacy and art take place.
Cathy James, is a fellow kindred spirit in the kid gardening world! We are so very excited for the arrival her latest book The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art. It is packed with ideas for outdoor play and learning for gardens of every size! Click to Amazon
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I whole-heartedly agree! Thanks for sharing these ideas with others. Definitely going to check out this book.