Gardening with children is a new topic here in the garden section at Suite 101. I hope that what you read here in the coming months will help you foster a love of gardening in the kids you come in contact with where you live or work. It doesn't matter whether they are your own children, the neighbor kids, your Sunday school class or your school classroom students. You can share gardening with the kids in your life, especially if you make it a fun learning experience. Of course gardening with kids is different from gardening by yourself or a spouse.
Kids have a much shorter attention span.
I find that if I am outside working, my son Jimmy wants to do what I m doing. That s one hint - kids like adults present and involved. To encourage a positive experience, make sure your expectations are reasonable. Don t expect a child to plant an entire bed all at one time. Spread things out over several days or time periods and plan to do much of the work yourself.