Book Review: children’s garden books
With spring in full swing, what better way to spend time with your children than planting a garden!
First Nature Activity Book: My First Activity Book is packed full of ideas to introduce older elementary aged children to the world of nature.
Beautiful full color pictures illustrate the activities ranging from collecting and preserving nature to sprouting seeds and growing plants. Children will learn how to plant terrarium gardens, create butterfly and worm habitats, and make plaster molds of their pets’ tracks. Enjoy the lovely spring weather by crafting a nature journal with your children. If your children like to ask “why” a lot, you will need other titles to provide more facts and information about nature but this book will definitely get you started toward appreciating nature.
I give this book 4 STACKS
Kid’s Garden: the Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing and Growing Fun by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell. This book is geared for children 4 years old and older and their families. This book provides instructions on growing plants from seeds and includes recipes for cooking your harvest.
Chapters on flowers, houseplants, and butterfly gardens will inspire children to sow their own gardens indoors and outside. The final chapter provides chemical free solutions to creepy crawly garden pests.
I give this book 4 STACKS
STACKGirl Cheryl – live, laugh & LOVE
This is exactly what we did today. Hoping to put in a small butterfly garden this weekend.
timely books. i am going to check them out. we are in the middle of small garden upkeep right now. My son loves to go pick the (tiny) strawberries that appear sporadically.
A great fiction pairing for these books would be Kevin Henkes new book: MY GARDEN. My 3-year-old loves it. He is always talking about planting a jellybean tree
@Stacey – I can’t wait to check out that book. Thanks for the suggestion!
@Stacey – I can’t wait to check out that book. Thanks for the suggestion!