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Simple Gardening Ideas For Children - A Guest Post By Charlotte
A week back, I
recieved a mail from Charlotte, a
member of Surf Excel asking
me if she could write a guest post on my blog. I was in a rush and thought of
replying back later. As always, I forgot about it until today when she kindly
sent a reminder. Of course! I am so excited to share her post with you all.
Coming to today's
guest - Surf Excel's initiative 'Dirt is Good' is all about unleashing
the human potential by giving your kids the freedom to experience life, even if
that means they'll get a bit messy! By working together with great parenting
blogs, they want to encourage parents to share their own tips & tricks.
Over to Charlotte of Surf
Excel..
My name is
Charlotte and I’m a member of Surf Excel. One of our core values is to unleash
human potential, and what better way to do that than by giving your kids the
freedom to experience life? We understand the challenges of raising children,
and admire parents like you who keep blogs with advice and inspiration for
other parents.
We want to encourage moms and dads to share experiences and exchange
information in a network of high-quality parenting blogs, and the first way we
want to accomplish this is by offering you our own tips and ideas.
Simple Gardening Ideas For Children
Making your own garden at home
The
easiest place to start is by encouraging your child to grow small plants at
home. All this requires is a window ledge, balcony, or space inside near a
window. Equipment for this activity is cheap and easy to buy from a garden
centre or plant nursery. Or, a lot of the gardening equipment can be made at
home – for example, plastic yoghurt pots or plastic cups can be washed and
turned into pots for small plants.
For
children under five or who those who haven’t experienced growing plants before,
the parent can start out by buying a young plant from a nursery – the children
will be responsible for watering the plant and watching it grow. Another
possibility would be to begin with seeds, and have your child plant the seeds,
keep the soil moist, then wait for the plants to sprout.
Plants and equipment you need for gardening with your kids
Easy,
readily available plants for children to cultivate include radishes,
sunflowers, beans and Bengal gram. Most of these plants grow quickly and will
sprout in less than a week – ideal for small children who are still learning to
be patient.
Specialist
clothing or equipment isn’t required – most modern detergent brands, like Surf
Excel, can handle any stains associated with basic gardening. Laying down
plastic sheets will be a useful way to prevent the floors or table surfaces
from getting too messy.
Ownership
of the plants should be encouraged, as this will increase your child’s interest
in nurturing them. Buying them their own small trowel or pair of gardening
gloves are easy ways to achieve this. Letting them choose the type of plants
they want to grow first is another option.
Other fun gardening activities for kids
As your
children get older and more interested in gardening, a fun activity might
involve taking them to a local nursery, garden, or public park. Your children
can try to identify all the different types of plants they see. They can learn
the names of plants and flowers and discover more about the types of plants
that commonly grow in your region. There might be courses or opportunities for
children to get involved with gardening activities in their local community –
perhaps run by in the public park or through a charity. These activities will
give older kids a chance to try more complex gardening tasks in an outdoor
setting.
Little
gardening activities are easy to arrange for young children, even from the
comfort of your apartment. Fun, not too messy, interesting, informative – there
is really no excuse not to go green!
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Article For Kids,
Guest post,
Parenting
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