Encouraging Children In The Garden
April 7, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Outdoor Fun
Besides blogging here at Play Library, I also blog at a gardening blog called Mother Earth’s Garden. I’m a huge fan of gardening. I always encourage my son to enjoy getting outside and getting his hands dirty.
While he doesn’t always enjoy gardening the way I hope he will (he’s more into the bugs and worms and making dirt roads to drive his trucks down), he does get out there and help me do some planting and once in a while weeding.
I like to see kids outside learning about Mother Nature and getting to know their Earth and the natural world …read more
Plant a Garden with the Kids
March 7, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under General Play Library Goodies
My 3 year old greets me this morning with, “Happy Winter Day, Mommy!” In fact, we only have a tiny patch of snow left after weeks of the yard being blanketed in it. But, we’ve finally hit March and now there is hope of spring in the air, though I do hear it’s supposed to snow this weekend. Ah well, soon it’ll be 90 degrees out and snow will sound refreshing….but not quite yet.
One thing I’m looking forward to doing with the kids this year is gardening. We made our first vegetable garden …read more
