Gardening with Children's Day Care

Creating container gardens for the months the National Guard

According to the National Gardening Association, April is a month from the garden. should be celebrated in the months and day care providers can seize the opportunity for children to implement some spring-themed activities and lesson plans. And the more interactive way to observe this special month, planting a small garden with the help of children.

Plant a container garden with day care for children

You must explainthe class plant a garden in containers and seeds to grow well, they need soil, water and sun.

1. Find an area of direct sunlight, where you can share the container needs. Make sure water supply is available.

2. Fill the pot with a mix of moist organic soil.

3. Ask the children small seeds on top of the mix and pushing more seeds in the soil.

4. Water the seeds and after that the containers withPlastic.

Children in all these steps, depending on age and development to participate. You can let them turn the irrigation of plants and monitoring their daily progress.

Ten plants garden easy for children

The easiest plants to grow adaptation of nursery school or kindergarten are: sunflower, lettuce, radishes, peas, cherry tomatoes, nasturtiums, carrots, potatoes, Bush beans, and pumpkins. These seeds are due to low maintenance and beat brieflyGrowing season.

Large container garden

Container gardens are perfect for nurseries with limited space for gardening. Containers can be created and you can use anything, provided it can keep on the ground and there are holes (about an inch) for proper drainage. Recycled terms are wonderful because they help control the waste.

You can recycle containers for the following:

bucket
or milk cartons and plastic jugs
or paper, plastic or polystyreneCups
Baskets o: Gardening guides.com recommends that an allocation to the basket and the creation of a cross (X) holes. Check the triangular ends of the liner through the holes and glue on the outside of the basket.
Or old boots
or bag of sugar or flour
An old aquarium or (drain before planting)
carton of eggs or
or watering cans
cans of coffee or
or cartons of Chinese food

theme gardens for day care

Try some of these fun themed gardens:

O Pizza Garden:Plant tomatoes, basil, peppers, onions and oregano. You can make a pizza sauce for a homemade pizza making these vegetables.

or butterfly garden (flowers attract butterflies) plant butterfly-friendly plants. You can butterfly garden seed mix of garden-supply stores.

Stone Soup OR Garden: You can also read the book Stone Soup by Marcia Brown [Aladdin, 1997]. Plant vegetables such as onions, carrots, peppers, parsnips, beans, potatoes and corn and make "Stone Soup"after harvesting the vegetables.

If the weather is unfavorable, or have little space to plant a garden, try planting indoors. You can get ideas of books on gardens, gardening or nature. You can also take the problem garden in your own language and alphabet lessons, with a garden theme of "G is for garden" as the color, "L is for Lilly or Leaf" and "D is for Daisy." Let the children are aware of the farmers and their role as an assistant in the community.