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Planting a Garden with Preschoolers

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Are you ready for spring?! We cannot wait. Every single day Troy tells me what he wants to do when it’s spring and summer. Even though it did snow this week, we decided to do a springtime activity and plant a garden! It’s an indoor garden for now, but once it gets warmer, we’ll transfer the plants outside! Troy was SO excited to do this activity, and I think your little one will love it, too! Here’s what we used:

Planting a Garden I got all the supplies at Target for around $7. I could’ve bought a kit, but decided to do it ourselves.

Pots So we got all set up and lined up the 10 pots. This also served as a good counting activity. 🙂 Instead of using soil (which I couldn’t find anywhere at Target!), we used this concentrated seed starting mix. It probably is better to use this anyway!  This actually turned into a fun sensory activity. You take the brick and add 4.5 L of water! That seems a like a lot, but it worked out just fine.

Soil I just love that look of disgust on his face…it did feel pretty strange, but somehow it was fun for him to play with.

wet soil

Hands in Soil

Then we filled the pots with seeds: flowers, cucumbers, and carrots (which I read later that carrots aren’t the best to start indoors, but oh well!).

Fun Random Fact: The boys love cucumbers and spinach. They would rather eat those vegetables than pizza somedays. I’m not sure how this happened, but I’ll take it 🙂

Filling with Dirt

We put the pots on a cookie sheet and put them near the sun. The boys have closets on either side of their room that has a small window inside. I put the plants next to one of the windows, since a lot of sunshine comes through them. Each day Troy is excited to water them. I love that this activity teaches him personal responsibility as well as how plants grow.

Have you planted a garden with your little one? Please share!

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  1. Bismah says
    March 13, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    That is such a nice project to do with little ones. My eldest son is still not yet two so we will probably wait for at least another year before we try this. Looks like lots of fun!
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  1. Weekend Recap | Teaching Mama says:
    April 8, 2013 at 10:47 am

    […] an update on our garden. Our plants are growing!! Although the weather is a bit warmer, we’ll still wait to plant […]

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  2. 4 Activities to Enjoy Outdoors With Preschoolers | Following In His Footsteps says:
    May 4, 2013 at 4:42 am

    […] Gardening Planting a Garden with Preschoolers We got out this week and dug around in our raised beds. We hope to plant carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers very soon. Teaching Mama offers some great step-by-step photos of their gardening fun! You’ll also find great ideas over at Rainy Day Mum in 10 Gardening Activities for Tots. Go Play in the Dirt from learningandyearning gives some terrific stats about WHY it’s good to get dirty! You’ll also find suggestions for how to do it. […]

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