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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Practical interests & handicrafts > Gardening: general interest > General
Come and see our vegetable garden! See how we work through the
seasons to make the plants and flowers grow. We sow seeds in
spring, eat berries in summer and pick the apples in the autumn.
Gorgeous colour illustrations show, month by month, how the
vegetable garden grows.
Kids don't need a big backyard or outdoor space to learn about
gardening and how plants grow. This introductory garden book,
packed with photos of 3 to 6 year olds in action, features hands-on
planting and growing activities that can be done in a small yard,
classroom, or community garden. Written by the staff of City
Sprouts, a leading educational organization in promoting urban
gardening and equitable access to nature, each activity--from
Sorting Seeds to Going on a Worm Hunt to Planting a Tasty
Salad--encourages kids to roll up their sleeves and learn about
seeds, planting, and gardening. Step-by-step photos and on-the-page
discovery prompts, presented in a lively design, make it easy and
inviting for kids everywhere to become plant lovers and nature
explorers.
A refreshing source of ideas to help your children learn to grow
their own patch of earth, Gardening Lab for Kids encourages
children to get outside and enjoy nature. This fun and creative
book features 52 plant-related activities set into weekly lessons,
beginning with learning to read maps to find your heat zone, moving
through seeds, soil, composting, and then creating garden art and
appreciating your natural surroundings. Author Renata Fossen Brown
guides your family through fun activities that are also lessons
about botany, ecology, the seasons, food, patience, insects,
eating, and cooking. Have fun exploring: pollinators by making a
pollinator palace out of bricks, sticks, twigs, bamboo, and
pegboard. the basic elements of soil-sand, silt, and clay-by
testing how well your soil drains with just a shovel, water, ruler,
and timer. color theory by creating a table top color wheel from
different colored annuals. native birds by making a bird feeder
from an old picture frame and piece of screen. Garden Lab for Kids
is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community
groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new
gardeners. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided
by adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises. So, slip on your
muddy clothes, and get out and grow! The popular Lab for Kids
series features a growing list of books that share hands-on
activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art,
astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own
circus-all authored by established experts in their fields. Each
lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step
photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs
can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong
curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended,
designed to be explored over and over, often with different
results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are
enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand
knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.
You can grow something in every setting! This book helps you to
offer the magic of plants and flowers even in the most difficult
situations. Seeds, pips, stones and cuttings are all explored, and
there are suggestions for hanging baskets, window boxes and growing
your own food.
This excellent plant guide for children aged 7+ describes over 100
common British wild flowers. The book information is compatible
with the guidelines of the primary school curricula in the UK, with
extra chapters on parts of a plant and a flower, pollination,
fertilisation, seed dispersal and plant families. The plants are
arranged primarily by habitat, basically woods with hedgerows to
seaside, gardens, parks and countryside, and the description of
each species is divided into three sections: general information,
flower/fruit and leaves/stem. In addition, the plants are arranged
by colour in the Flower Colour Index, providing an extra tool to
assist identification. The layout is colourful and engaging, using
snappy symbols for height, type of pollination, Caution! sign, and
the main flowering season to aid identification even further. The
book is pocket sized to easily take it out and about, such as
walks, school trips and holiday.
This title includes gardening projects for kids shown step by step.
It offers sixteen enjoyable, attractive and stimulating
step-by-step projects cover all the basic growing skills - harvest
your own juicy strawberries and salad vegetables, have a race to
see whose sunflower grows the tallest, and pot up a
delicious-smelling chocolate plant! It offers a comprehensive
introduction that explains gardening terms, techniques, and all the
tools and equipment. It includes over 200 photographs, including
all the stages and beautiful finished pictures to inspire and
delight. It includes large-scale and small-scale projects suitable
for both indoor and outdoor environments, for all climates and all
growing conditions. It is the perfect starter book for ages 3 to 7
years, for older readers to use with minimum supervision, and for
younger children to enjoy with adult help. Plants, flowers, soil
and gardening tools are endlessly fascinating to youngsters, and
getting their hands dirty in the garden can be great fun! This
exciting book contains 16 easy-to-follow projects suitable for
every child. An informative introduction covers all the basics,
including watering, weeding and materials, while helpful tips and
ideas provide inspiration and encourage experimentation. Bursting
with expert advice, clear instructions and fabulous fun ideas, this
is an ideal guide for all children, from budding beginners to
green-fingered growers.
What's more fun or magical than digging in the dirt, planting and watering seeds, discovering the first seedlings of the season, and finally eating your own fruits and vegetables?
Lovingly illustrated by Olivia Cosneau, this book is a colorful introduction to the magical world of the garden, including a range of fun activities, removable stickers, and a quiz. In the process, fledgling gardeners ages five and up learn about the different types of vegetables and fruits they can grow, how to care for them, what tools they need, and many other interesting facts.
Marvelous wonders await in this extraordinary garden book. From
season to season, children follow the life of a garden as each page
reveals new treasures hiding under lift-up flaps. Peek inside the
curious tulip bulb and discover the peas inside a peapod. Watch a
ladybug help with pesky aphids and search for ripe strawberries
under the leaves. Rich in detail, Emma Giuliani's bright, immersive
illustrations and flaps in fantastic shapes, sizes, and colors
carry the reader into the enchanted world of gardening. Discovering
different facets of the garden-fauna, flora, and the work necessary
to help it grow and thrive-will delight gardeners of all ages.
Learn how to cultivate your own plants, whether in pots, window
boxes, or in the garden
What does organic mean? How do you make an organic garden? Why
are worms and bees so important? Discover the answers to these
questions, and lots of other useful advice, in this lovely first
book for budding organic gardeners and cooks, and soon you'll know
the excitement of eating fresh, home-grown produce. This colorful
book is packed with useful information and offers a clear,
practical, step-by-step approach to sowing, growing, cooking, and
eating in harmony with the natural world.
An accessible, informative first reference book that helps young
children learn about trees, plants and funghi - what each of these
things is, how to tell them apart, what each needs to survive and
thrive, and their life cycles, including information about how they
reproduce.
A lyrical nonfiction celebration of the outdoors pairing childlike
observation with facts about the natural world Outside, you notice
things. Time spent in the outdoors stirs a child's imagination.
Nature sparks wonder, wonder leads to curiosity, and curiosity
brings about a greater knowledge of the world and one's self. In
Outside, You Notice, a meditative thread of child-like observations
(How after the rain / Everything smells greener) is paired with
facts about the habits and habitats of animals, insects, birds, and
plants (A tree's roots reach as wide as its branches). Author Erin
Alladin invites young scientists and daydreamers to look closely
and think deeply in this lyrical nonfiction text, celebrating all
the kinds of "outside" that are available to children, from
backyards to city parks to cracks in the sidewalk. Illustrator
Andrea Blinick portrays these spaces bursting with small wonders
with a child's-eye view, her naive and nostalgic style capturing
the joy of endless discovery. "The detailed text and varied images
immerse readers in the feeling of being outside, fully attentive
and relaxed....The illustrations use soft coloring, varied
perspectives, and active characters to great effect, pulling
observers into the worlds of plants, animals, and the people who
love them. This lovely book is more than the sum of its
parts."-Kirkus Starred Review
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From bluebells and daffodils to Chinese hibiscus and evening
primrose, this beautifully illustrated book is perfect for flower
lovers of all ages. The book is organised into themed pages, so
readers can see flowers they might find in a garden, by the coast,
in the mountains and more. Great for developing vocabulary and
language skills.
Leaf, flower, tree, snail, bee... introduce your little ones to the
words they'll encounter all around them in the garden. My Garden in
100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects. With
bold colours and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile
interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world,
introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.
Take your children on a journey through the seasons, exploring the
garden in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The vibrant and fun
illustrations will help introduce kids to new words, from
vegetables to garden animals as well as feelings, items and
actions. An original, contemporary take on teaching first words,
the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages
1-3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become
familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful
illustrations, each book explores a different theme, including
starting nursery, the home and the seaside. With 10 words per page
and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there's plenty
for children to look at and enjoy.
Gardening with children is hands-on outdoor education at its
finest. With abundant opportunities for experiential learning, the
garden is, in many ways, an ideal classroom, and an increasing
number of educational initiatives are recognising the many long-
and short-term benefits that come with a gardening program for
children. Growing Sustainable Children is an indispensable resource
for anyone already teaching in a gardening programme, for those
starting a programme, or for anyone working with children in a
garden or other outdoor setting as a homeschooler, community
organiser, or friend of the earth. The book includes a detailed
age-appropriate curriculum and activity listings from nursery and
kindergarten through high school, as well as a useful overview of
the history of gardening education and the evolving consciousness
of children.
In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over
and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between
stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt.
Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the
course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of
green-leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But
down in the dirt exists a busy world-earthworms dig, snakes hunt,
skunks burrow-populated by all the animals that make a garden their
home.
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