Today we planted our garden for the year! We planted lettuce, carrots, green beans, peas, sweet corn, sunflowers, and tomato plants. The kids really enjoyed finally getting to plant the seeds they have been so excited about! They dug, planted, covered, and watered and had fun trying to figure out what the next type of seed would grow into.
There is so much to be learned from participating in the process of a vegetable garden from start to finish! In planting, caring for, and harvesting from our own vegetable garden this summer, we will learn about the science of raising plants - what they need to grow, parts of a plant, that the root and stem grow out of the seeds we planted, how tall sunflowers can grow, and even that some plants have a flower that, in time, is replaced by food! When we planted our garden today, there were math skills involved as we counted out our seeds, counted how many rows we had planted, how many kinds of vegetables we will grow,
graphed our favorite vegetables, and had to pay attention to the depth and spacing of our seeds, too. Having a garden is also a great hands-on lesson on health and nutrition when we harvest the vegetables we have now planted as seeds, and then get to eat them!
graphed our favorite vegetables, and had to pay attention to the depth and spacing of our seeds, too. Having a garden is also a great hands-on lesson on health and nutrition when we harvest the vegetables we have now planted as seeds, and then get to eat them!
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