My soon-to-be 3 year old (in 2 days!) son also loves to compost and to help plant seeds. He learned about composting and worms on Curious George (and in our backyard), so whenever we see a worm we pick it up and put it in the garden. 🙂 He definitely inspires me to keep up in the garden, too!
He’s not the best with transplanting. When he was almost-2, he followed behind me and pulled up all my transplants in the garden for a while… but next year I think he’ll be there! Gardening is definitely fun for him, and next year we’re planning to start seeds in a baseball card sleeve so that we can talk more about seeds, roots and leaves.
I love your ideas – and the fact that there are children who can’t recognize vegetables scares the heck out of me! I have vowed that will never happen with us…
Thank you for sharing – I’ll be saving this for sure! 🙂
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My soon-to-be 3 year old (in 2 days!) son also loves to compost and to help plant seeds. He learned about composting and worms on Curious George (and in our backyard), so whenever we see a worm we pick it up and put it in the garden. 🙂 He definitely inspires me to keep up in the garden, too!
He’s not the best with transplanting. When he was almost-2, he followed behind me and pulled up all my transplants in the garden for a while… but next year I think he’ll be there! Gardening is definitely fun for him, and next year we’re planning to start seeds in a baseball card sleeve so that we can talk more about seeds, roots and leaves.
Great post Jenn!
I love your ideas – and the fact that there are children who can’t recognize vegetables scares the heck out of me! I have vowed that will never happen with us…
Thank you for sharing – I’ll be saving this for sure! 🙂
Great piece Jenn, As you know I think an entire curriculum can be taught in a garden/nature and these are wonderful ideas!