Nature notes
Remember elementary school when the teacher ever give us a family garden jobs, also asked to keep a diary. Xiaobian I am meticulously done. Now in this era, many children for a variety of after school classes operate in the city, keeping a diary that things are less important, often being treated as set down to cope with job. But for their horticultural history records was necessary. Pictures of every few days, with sentiment posted online, your happiness will infect more people. If you have the courage to return to, encourage children to use pen and paper to take notes and help them enhance focus and good ways to find literary inspiration. Use the draw method is also a good idea, does not require any special artistic skills, you do not need too exquisite strokes as long as free expression can be a ton of fun.
In addition to the text and the art of recording, digital chart of gardening for the formation of classic means of recording. Daily weather, temperature, wind direction is what ... ... How do these weather factors and changes in plant in touch? Weather trends: is it the same every year? We can refer to the time of the climate change to predict future weather? Every curious child will be interested in finding out the answers to these questions, which can show notes here. Don't be afraid of patience is not enough, as long as encouraging enough, they will have an incentive to continue to do so.
New birth of kitchen waste
Kitchen waste, not just compost material, which itself may be the plant material! Until the autumn and winter season, your home will often buy some oranges, grapefruit and lemons and other fruits, fruit in the seed, you can try to get to a. Prepare a pot of moist soil, was supposed to be thrown into the trash in seeds buried in the soil of two centimeters deep, four weeks after germination! Although this small Miao miao long to grow up and blossom is going to wait much longer, but its leaves can also be very nice-would have citrus aromas. Child patient to experience the feeling of waiting for the right, it will make them more intuitive to know how much a fruit tree is experiencing rain to produce so much fruit to mankind.
Other commonly found in the kitchen of "junk", such as Green's new potatoes, extra garlic can be planted as raw materials. See the food "freshman", children are more likely to recognize, Oh, food of the body are containing their own magical powers, the most common foods are made up of a fresh life.
Construction of secret space
Remember to make yourself as a child, was very keen on climbing a tall Cedar near our House because Cedar branches that are so dense, you can provide me a good hiding, like a secret garden, who couldn't find the tree I. Indeed, the children will want to own a unique piece of territory, and now live in the concrete jungle in the city it's hard for children to have that opportunity. However, you may also wish to try on their balcony, courtyard or on rented land in the suburbs to build out their children's small space. For example, with a long willow, bamboo, or other branches put an arch, arches around the vines to be planted, in the summer, there will be a green tent.
If you intend to plant a sunflower or corn in the fields of these tall plants, you may wish to set aside space in the middle of acres and plant, the space for children to play; if the ground is large enough, or even not in a straight line to grow crops--why not make a vegetable labyrinth? Planning well in advance, well spacing in accordance with planning what to plant on it. Children will love to this work in the vegetable garden!
And worms are close
Bugs on the leaves! Before capturing them or think about what they'll bring. Small series ever and insects "sworn" children--is the bugs such as devil, see immediately scream; another insect enemy, meet whenever necessary to kill a man. Of course also have a third child, they are gardening at the same time, the worm is also very mild, does not think bugs criminals of nature, but as they peacefully with spiritual beings, or their playmates. I hope that I will be able to meet more of third children.
Working in the home gardening, encounter bugs also let children observe nature's good time. Whether it is the smaller of aphids and Red spiders, soft Caterpillar, moth larvae, you can let the children take a magnifying glass to see it. If possible, you can even use extra vegetables at home rearing caterpillars, let the children see how they morphed into a beautiful butterfly.
Identifying beneficial insects will be gardens, vegetable plots have a very interesting activity. Lack of technical expertise, we usually don't know bugs are categorized as "pests". For example, we all know that ladybugs eat aphids, they are our "allies", but if you see some chubby, body covered with sharp spines, tail, large, red-and-black larvae, we also need to know that they are ladybugs look like when I was young, but will also eat the aphids! For example, Lacewing larvae look "ugly", and also eat aphids and other soft insects for a living, if you were in the wrong, they may become a pig in a poke! For more information on beneficial insects in the vegetable garden, you can see the garden of learning book.
Observations while let the children try to make myself some insecticide liquid, observing what kind of pests more effectively, is good science lessons of enlightenment. However, with a liquid insecticide to be temperate, try to use less, and if necessary also the best at night, do not harm beneficial insects on plants, in particular for pollinating insects.
Garden DIY
Gardens or gardens, the whole family works together-DIY there is plenty of stuff! For example, simple waste making pots, very interesting, and unused items are used in the home. In addition, can also be balcony design for children and a small walkway. In order to create a natural atmosphere, you can take some time to find all the pebbles in the wild, according to certain lines laid on the ground, small garden suddenly seems more original flavor. Or used Wicker baskets as well. More DIY ideas just waiting for you to think about. Not good at hand? No matter, Internet age, various DIY forums tutorials have to do to do. Small series is often seen "diced network", complete classification there, trying to find anything easy, manual rookie can move quickly.
Take the children to the farmers market
In addition to growing their own, try to meet people with the same experience, will give you and your family have a sense of belonging. If you're organic farmers market regulars, so might as well go with your kids, so you just go to the fair for food, but try to make children more exchanges and markets. Master of farmers are growing vegetables, and many go to the fair shopping consumers will experience in growing, may wish to encourage your child to talk with them. If children are shy, so parents can try to initiate a conversation, the child's curiosity will soon overcome shyness, problems will be continuously raised. Each vegetables and actually have their stories behind each condiment, let the child go to find food, they will have more confidence and motivation to do their own gardening at home.
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