gardening with young children
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Gardening: Indoors & Outdoors
Ideas for Novice Gardeners and for Experts who love the GREEN of
SPRING!Gail Laubenthal, [email protected]
Gardening Ideas for Indoors
Pretend and Learn Center
Fall and Spring Flower Shop
A Still Life of My Spring Flower Arrangement
Sorting Beans
Growing and Measuring Bean Plants
Writing in our Bean Journals
Writing About Plants
Writing Around the Room
Learning About Plant Parts
roots
leaves
flower
stem
We investigate what plants need to live & grow
Planting Indoors
Create a Spring Nature Journal
Gardening OutdoorsCleaning up an old garden space
Working in the Garden
Watering
Harvesting
Harvesting is the BEST!
Tip: children eat what theygrow in their own garden!
Eating from the Garden
• It’s never too late to begin gardening with your students.
• Start small• Austin has the perfect
climate for year-long gardening
• Bottom line: just let the kids plant something!