Now that spring has finally sprung (at least here in the South) and since S loves to garden we did a garden imaginative play/small world.
To make seed packets I took a couple envelopes and added a flower sticker to one and a pea label to another. I filled the envelopes with leftover colored rice to act as the seeds.
I filled a container with top soil and placed the ‘seed packets’, a shovel, watering can and gardening gloves in the container.
S was anxious to get started. She dug a hole in the soil with her shovel, before dumping the seeds into her hand and placing them in the dirt. She covered the seeds back up with soil and then watered the seeds.
She called each seed by it’s packet: “I am planting some peas”.
She continued digging and planting until soon the container resembled a flooded yard and still she played.
Later that evening she asked if she could check on her seeds to see if they had grown.
Do your children like to garden?
Oh, what fun! My grands love playing in the dirt with me. They have their own little tools that I keep along side mine in my gardening shed.
Thanks Alli stopping by!
My 2 yr old is all about the outside.. playing, gardening, tending to the chickens… anything and everything that involves outside and dirt.. her sisters are not so much into it.
Thanks Aimee, I think my daughter’s philosophy is the bigger the mud puddle the more fun it is to play!
We had a garden least year and my 4 year old son look it very seriously. I think it was a great learning experience for him and the family.
Carmoday, I love how excited my daughter gets when the vegetables/fruit starts blooming and then getting to pick it!
How cute! And I love these little gardening gloves. Where’d you get them? I garden with my little one too and she’s always asking for gloves like mine.
The gardening gloves are from Lowes. They were outside in the Lawn and Garden Center by the registers. They had a bunch of gardening items for kids. I hope you are able to find your daughter some gloves.
I have always planned on doing this! But I really dont have any of the things needed and it would be pricey for me to buy things. Not in the budget sadly =( #MagicMoments
we have been doing some of this too this week!
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments x
Thanks Jaime!