Gardening (Activities for 3–5 Year Olds)
By Caroline Quin and Sue Pearce
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Gardening (Activities for 3–5 Year Olds) - Caroline Quin
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What children should learn
Language and literacy - to look closely at what they observe and to talk about it.
What you need
Bug boxes (small enclosed boxes with magnifying lids); magnifying glasses; leaves; stones; flowers; mosses; ferns; woodlice; earwigs, etc; plain paper to use as a background.
Activity
Work with groups of about three children. Carefully place the woodlice, earwigs, etc in the enclosed bug boxes. Put them on a table together with the inanimate items and the magnifying glasses.
Look at the creatures yourself so that you can discuss them with the children. Suggest that they put the leaves, flowers and stones on the plain paper so they are not distracted by the grain of the table. Let the children look at the creatures and the leaves, flowers and stones. Encourage them to talk about what they