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Little Green Thumbs: Gardening For Kids

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Kids In The Garden

Kids love the idea of planting seeds and watching them grow. They're intrigued with the idea of 'Magic Beans'. To a child, it is magic when a tiny little seed turns into a carrot or a tomato plant and as parents, the best thing we can do is cultivate that magical feeling.

It's never too early to start teaching your kids about Green living and sustainability. But more than that, it's never too early to start teach them about good nutrition. Children are more accepting of those 'yucky' vegetables if they grow them themselves. You might be surprised at what your child will eat if he's the one in charge of the planting.

Even if you only have room for a little tabletop or windowsill garden, let your child experience the thrill of gardening. Let those little green thumbs grow!

Table of Contents

  1. Kids Garden!: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun
  2. Why Should You Teach Your Child How To Garden?
  3. School Gardens News
  4. Boys or Girls MAKE YOUR OWN GARDEN KIT
  5. Enchanted Fairy Garden Kit
  6. Gardening Tools For Kids
  7. Have you ever tried to grow something?
  8. Garden Lenses
  9. Animal Lenses

Kids Garden!: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun

Get your little gardener's green thumb off to a good start with this guide written just for kids. Whether you're going to plow up the South 40 or just plant a few containers on the patio, your child will love getting involved and learning about how things grow.

Kids Garden!: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

Kids Garden!: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

by: Avery Hart, Paul Mantell

Amazon Price: $9.50 (as of 06/02/2012)Buy Now

Written for children, this book covers everything from flowers to fruits and vegetables, planting and harvesting, and even explains what happens when things grow. This is a great book to get your child interested in gardening and learning about the ecology and the environment.

Why Should You Teach Your Child How To Garden?

These days it's our responsibility to teach our children how to be self-sufficient. They're never too young to start learning about sustainability and Green living.

Plus, kids just naturally love playing in the dirt and if they can make something grow while they're at it, so much the better!

Your child will learn responsibility and what it means to see a project through from start to finish. He'll learn patience and he'll learn what it feels like to work toward a goal.

And let's face it. He'll have fun! Isn't that what it's all about?

School Gardens News

Sun School Gardens celebrate the Jubilee
Tribute to Her Majesty ... pupils at Charlton Manor Primary let off balloons for the Queen's Jubilee By PETER SEABROOK YESTERDAY many schools celebrated The Queen's Diamond Jubilee before breaking up for the Bank and Half Term Holidays.
Howe School expands gardens again
training to learn about school-community gardens and how a garden can help build healthy lifestyles and eating habits for people. Eating healthy and staying active has always been important to Howe School staff members. A school-community garden was ...
An old-school welcome
Former Minnesotan Patti Dusbabek keeps inexhaustibly busy at her Holly Lanes Bed & Breakfast on Bainbridge Island, Wash., tending her heirloom gardens as well as greenhouses. We had booked a cozy room at an inn overlooking Puget Sound on Bainbridge ...
WaterWorks Education Center receives hundreds of plants for education
Dozens of different vegetable and herb plants arrived at the WaterWorks Education Plant near Humble as an effort to teach students more about gardening. Employees at WaterWorks worked with other City of Houston representatives to plant the plants ...
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Boys or Girls MAKE YOUR OWN GARDEN KIT

Your child will love this Garden Kit and you'll love watching him learn. Everything you need is right in the kit.

Includes: Planter, potting soil, seeds, paints, rocks, gravel, miniature woodland creatures and fairy tale bark home for all the elves and gnomes who inhabit your enchanted garden.

Boys or Girls MAKE YOUR OWN GARDEN KIT - all the supplies - FREE SHIPPING

Boys or Girls MAKE YOUR OWN GARDEN KIT - all the supplies - FREE SHIPPING

Amazon Price: (as of 06/02/2012)Buy Now

Want to teach your child about gardening but not sure you really want to dig up the yard to do it? This is the ideal gift to spark your child's interest. And it's small enough to keep in his room or on a table in the sun.

Enchanted Fairy Garden Kit

Let your child learn about gardening with this magical Enchanted Fairy Garden. Everything you need is right here in this kit.

Includes: 11in fairy garden dish; flower fairy Hannah; resin fairy house; two resin toadstools; sparkling gems; glittery pixie dust; two tulle butterflies fabric flower bouquet; glass opti-stones; purple gravel; seeds (wheatgrass and bean mixture); potting soil; fine tipped paint brush; six acrylic paints and illustrated instructions with lots of ideas.

Enchanted Fairy Garden Kit

Enchanted Fairy Garden Kit

Amazon Price: $16.82 (as of 06/02/2012)Buy Now

This really is a magical garden. Just plant the seeds, give them some water and sprinkle with the Fairy Dust that's included in the kit and you'll see plants start to appear the very next day. A great way to introduce your child to gardening, especially if you live in an apartment with no outside space for a huge garden.

Gardening Tools For Kids

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Have you ever tried to grow something?

  • rnhealthinfo Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    Such a nice lens, love it! Adding it to my How to celebrate Earth Day lens. xoxo
  • FlaminCatDesigns Apr 9, 2012 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    Watching the progress of a growing plant from a seed was always so much fun when I was a kid. One of my favorite yearly projects in elementary was our Easter project where we took half an egg shell, potting soil, grass seed and made a clay base for the egg. We got to take it home and watch it grow. Thanks for bringing back a memory with your lens.
  • ShirleySunshine Feb 13, 2012 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    I started as a small child, and have been growing things all through the years.
    This Garden Kit looks like a great starter kit to get kids interested in gardening.
  • LornsA178 Feb 2, 2012 @ 12:11 pm | delete
    Great ideas. Thanks!
  • Tipi Jan 31, 2012 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Sweet resources to develop those little green thumbs early in life!
  • bluewren56 Jan 30, 2012 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    Enjoyed reading through your lens. My almost 2 year old grandson heads to the strawberry patch everyday looking for more strawberries. It's a fun time for all of us.
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