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!
