Gardening, Indoors and Out

At times of stress and difficulty, being in touch with nature becomes even more important than usual for all our well-being. The government are well aware of this, which is why we are all encouraged to get some fresh air and take daily exercise in this challenging time of lockdown.

I am lucky enough to have a garden, but even if you don't, you can encourage your children to grow things indoors.

You can use empty egg shells to make cress heads.
Draw a funny, happy face on the outside of the empty eggshell, maybe add googly eyes :)
Put some kitchen towel of cotton wool in the bottom of the egg shell, sprinkle on some cress seed and add water, enough to cover the seeds.

Within a few days, you will have green cress 'hair' growing from the top of your eggshell. It's always exciting for little ones (and big ones) to be able to harvest and eat food they have grown themselves!

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Grow the tops of carrots by placing them in a saucer of water. Don't forget to change the water every day or so. You can eat the leaves in the same way as cress - add them to salads or sandwiches. The same goes for parsnip and swede tops too :)

If you have books featuring gardens, you may want to have  go at building your own unit study around it.

If you do have access to a garden or balcony right now, you may enjoy learning about seeds, growing seasons and more with The Linked Lapbook ~ Sowing & Planting You'll find science experiments, growing instructions and links to activitie sto keep you busy all through the growing season :)

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