Each participant will also get the chance to get their​ hands in the soil with a Make and Take Activity.

Gardening with children provides the perfect combination of skills and tasks to address a child’s
development. Growing a gardening is a great physical development activity.
Young children can practice large and small muscle development while gardening. I will even throw in
some Gardening songs with music and movement in them!
Another aspect of physical development is the sensory stimulation: Watering, touching the plants,
feeling their textures and playing in the soil is a great way to enhance sensory stimulation.
Gardens are a visual explosion of colors... and children are often more willing to try a new food if they
have been involved in the process of growing it. Math and Science are involved too !
Literacy skills can be part of gardening...I will give you a list of some of my favorite children’s books.
Gardening also fosters Cognitive development. Working together on your garden with your children is togetherness
time. Social Time is key in a child’s development... Just watch them grow as their garden grows!! It can be a garden bed, a
container garden or a simple pot to grow your garden in...From years of experience growing gardens
with my child care children...I know they will love it!! 

Presented by:Karen is a mom of 4 and a grandmother of 4.  She has worked in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 37 years. Karen is also a Creative Memories Advisor. Her interests are camping, gardening, quilting and scrapbooking.

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