More Fun Garden Activities for Preschoolers
There are so many more ways to have fun in the garden than just growing plants and flowers!
Here are some more activities you can do in the garden with your preschoolers at home or with or your preschool class.
Make plant markers. The kids can draw pictures of the flowers or vegetables, and you can write the names on the markers. It’s a good way to help them start reading, and they can also learn the names of flowers.
Make homemade planters out of milk cartons, coffee cans or empty yogurt cups. The kids can paint or decorate them anyway they want. If you have a dayhome or preschool class, you can even let them take seedlings home in their planters.
Decorate your garden by adding a rock edging. Let your preschoolers paint rocks and place them around the garden.
Make a rain gauge to measure rainfall. It probably won’t be exact, but that doesn’t matter. It’s a good way to help your preschooler learn his numbers, and show him how numbers can be used in real life. Add markings to the inside of a container to measure the rainfall.
Add a birdhouse to your garden! You can buy a kit at a craft store, or make your own.
Make a scarecrow to keep the birds away, and keep your preschoolers smiling. Fill up some old clothes with straw, use a bucket for the head and paint a funny face.
