Understanding Responsibility
It’s important that children are allowed to involve in this activity and we even involved toddler who are only 2 year old. We divided the Children into groups and give them seeds to plant. We want team work and they will take responsibility to plan who put soil in the box, dig holes, place seeds, and then cover them up. They learned a lot in the process.
They also need to labelled what they have just planted so they don’t forget what’s growing and not mixed up with other group. It is their responsibilities to take care of the plant . Once their seeds start to sprout they need to weed around the plants. Then, they learned that some plants don’t belong in a garden and that it’s important to remove them so their flowers or vegetable can grow up healthy and strong. Teacher will teach them to be responsible as they need to continue to care for their plants and flowers, make sure they keep them watered every day until harvest time!
Connecting With Nature
Children will learn to connect with nature. We can show them where food begins, explain to them that when a farmer plants a seed, it produces many of the foods they eat. Every child should know that meat is not born from a container at the grocery store or that milk doesn’t come from a bottle on the shelf.
Children will also learn that life has a cycle. They will see that from seeds come flowers and that after those flowers bloom they will turn brown, wilt and then die. It’s a lesson we all learn in time but when you teach it with beautiful flowers, the lesson doesn’t seem quite so harsh.
A lot can be learned when you put a rake or a shovel in the hands of a child.
There are so many more things that children can learn out of gardening. Like learning to protect nature, nurturing, appreciation for beauty and understanding of & respect for the circle of life. These important lessons cannot be learned by sitting in front of television or the computer.
See how they enjoyed the gardening. More photos on facebook!
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