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Gardening with kids can be a great way to spend time together as a family. Involving your children in gardening can be very rewarding because it can help them learn about healthy food choices and because it can help them develop a love and appreciation of nature. This TabStart page will help you begin and maintain a successful and beautiful garden with your children.
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Gardening Facts and Tips for Children - BBC provides this wonderful website on gardening with children. It offers several different gardening ideas that you can enjoy your kids indoors and outdoors. There is also a helpful list of plants you can grow with your kids, and they have categories like "easy to grow plants" and "sensory plants." There is also a section with interesting facts about gardening which will educate your kids while they get their hands dirty.
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My First Garden - Gardening Tips and Ideas for Children - My First Garden is a website from he University of Illinois that is dedicated to helping kids grow beautiful, strong gardens. This outstanding resource provides handy information on gardening basics and gardening fundamentals for children.
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Gardening with Children: Let 'Em Get Dirty! - Check out this resource's tips so that you can involve your children in the garden in a fun and productive way. There are ideas on what to plant, how to incorporate playtime into gardening, and information on what to plant to attract different bugs.
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Gardening with Kids - Gardening with Kids provides tons of information on growing a successful and beautiful garden with your children. The website includes information about gardening basics, watering, and weeding.
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Ten Tips on Gardening with Kids - CommunityGarden.org provides a list of tips on gardening with kids. There are clever ideas here for keeping your children interested in the garden and to help them learn the most from the experience.
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Gardening with Children - Earth Easy presents this wonderful guide for planting a garden with your children. There is a list of ten easy crops you can grow. There are also several resources for your young gardener to utilize to discover new ideas to use in their garden.
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Great Group Activities for Young Gardeners - Great Group Activities provides several helpful tips and tricks for you and your child to plant a healthy garden. The ideas listed include themed gardens, using childrens books for garden ideas, earning money gardens, and creative garden experiments.