Book description
Gardening: Activities for 3 5 Year Olds contains enjoyable activities
to help foundation stage children develop essential skills. Gardening
gives children a wealth of knowledge, skills and experiences. It offers
opportunities to grow and care for seeds and plants, to observe and
record how they grow and to discover, perhaps, why they didn't grow! An
outdoor area is not a prerequisite - many of the activities can be
carried out inside. The practical activities include: Growing gardens in
jars, Creating miniature gardens, Investigating how much different types
of soil weigh, Making leaf prints and Pressing flowers. All the books in
the Activities for 3 5 Year Olds Series contain tried-and-tested
activities, linked to the six key areas of learning. They are an
invaluable resource of fun, easy-to-use ideas for all early years
settings, from preschools and nurseries to reception classes and day
nurseries. Gardening: Activities for 3 5 Year Olds contains enjoyable
activities to help foundation stage children develop essential skills.
Gardening gives children a wealth of knowledge, skills and experiences.
It offers opportunities to grow and care for seeds and plants, to
observe and record how they grow and to discover, perhaps, why they
didn't grow! An outdoor area is not a prerequisite - many of the
activities can be carried out inside. The practical activities include:
Growing gardens in jars, Creating miniature gardens, Investigating how
much different types of soil weigh, Making leaf prints and Pressing
flowers. All the books in the Activities for 3 5 Year Olds Series
contain tried-and-tested activities, linked to the six key areas of
learning. They are an invaluable resource of fun, easy-to-use ideas for
all early years settings, from preschools and nurseries to reception
classes and day nurseries.
