Gardening with the kids

The time at home is an opportunity to enjoy this intimate space as a family. There are educational activities that encourage contact with nature and provide valuable lessons that can be applied to one's own life. Gardening is a continuous inspiration for families, a creative proposal that feeds the happiness of children. And also patience. From PoolFunStore we give you some ideas for integrating gardening into the daily routine of the home.

Just like a decoration plan, space limitations also influence gardening tasks. However, there are creative ways for children to enjoy this experience even in small areas. A vertical garden offers a solution tailored to the needs of this type of space.  

In those months of the year when the pleasant temperatures invite to spend more time in the garden, it is a good time to give more prominence to leisure proposals that allow children to rediscover the beauty of this environment. For example, a children's house located in this outdoor setting. A stimulus that feeds children's imagination through play as a means of discovery.

Start writing a gardening diary with your child. This creative exercise allows you to give timelessness to the memories derived from the care of the plants and flowers, by writing down the shared objectives, the lessons acquired, the anecdotes lived in the last few days and any information that is contextualised in this area.

This gardening diary focused on the present will be a beautiful legacy for the future that your child will have the opportunity to reread as an adult and relive some of these moments from their childhood through reading. A diary in which there is not only space for the words that describe the beauty of the garden, but also to complete this information with the visual image of some photographs of this area. This gardening diary not only synthesises the present from recent experiences, but also integrates the future from a planning perspective. It defines what the next goal is that brings a specific direction to this time lived in family.

Accompany your child in the experience of learning new knowledge about gardening on a practical level. For example, teach him to water the plants with his watering can. This is one of the first lessons the child can learn in this scenario. But, in addition, this training is not only practical but also theoretical. Teach him the names of different flowers and plants, and share curiosities about this natural universe that enhances the well-being of human beings.

One of the leisure activities that entertains children and reinforces creativity is the elaboration of handicrafts that can revolve around different themes. The crafts on gardening make the child discover this natural universe from the perspective of entertainment. They learn practical lessons from this contact with nature, but also have fun.

Celebrate spring with your child by redecorating some space in the house that gives a greater visibility to the floral decoration, taking advantage of the resources already existing in the house to carry out this task. For example, turn a glass bottle into a vase with flowers that decorate the living room. Organize a photo session in the garden. The child can write a poem inspired by this natural beauty. In short, it encourages different experiences that give prominence to this scene of nature.

Gardening tasks are very special for children but, in addition, this activity gives you the opportunity to share quality time with your child to the beat of a task that strengthens the emotional bond. In addition to watering the flowers and plants, there is another activity that children enjoy. Planting a seed in a glass jar to observe its evolution as the days go by.

From PoolFunStore we share with you these suggestions to enhance the enjoyment of gardening tasks in the family. A discipline that offers very valuable teachings about the importance of caring for nature and the individual responsibility that each human being has with this commitment that reinforces the common good.