Gardening Topic

[Air]

please direct me to info regarding the topic...Gardening'...for some bizzare reason the staff team decided to choose this and I am well and truly brain dead in regards to activities/experiences...must be my age....:upsidedow

[Chloe]

:rotfl: The children can come and dig in my garden ,its been re done at the moment.Lots of the areas of learning here!Noticed a hedgehog to-day (he should have been asleep!)so taken him to the vet where he will go to the rescue centre and then be returned to us.His name is Prickles!
Have found a great book called The little Book of Growing Things published by
Featherstone Education Ltd.www.featherstone.uk.com If you would like to borrow my book send me a PM

Here are a few from my file:

Seed collages - Using seeds, beans, seed packets if available make a collage

Muffin Liner Flowers - Glue a muffin liner to a piece of paper, add petals, stem, leaves (Yellow liners make great daffodils)

Provide silk flowers, pots, shovels, hats, seed packets, watering cans, etc to liven the drama corner

Explore worms and dirt

Add lavender essential oil to a batch of purple playdough for a great smelling experience

Handprint tulips - Paint entire hand, fingers pressed together for flower, and outside edge of the hand green for the stem and leaves.

Any recipe that uses fresh produce that can be grown in a garden

[Chloe]

Just remembered had the role play area as a garden shop.Went to the pound shop and got so many things!Lots of cataloges,posters from the local nursery.

Just be carefull with seeds etc.I think you have to cover them for health and safety reasons.
Have a sponsored sun flower growth .

[Miss Muffet]

What about cutting out yellow petals, gluing them to the rim of a paper plate the gluing sunflower seeds in the centre to make sunflowers. Again, careful with seeds!!!

[Air]

wow...huge thanks for all your suggestions...Chloe would love to borrow your book...ummm..dunno how to pm in here so will pm you via under 5s...xxx

[Chloe]

Left you a message here and under 5's.Click on the top right hand corner.I have a little box there that tells me how many messages I have!!
Just thought when your doing the gardening topic it could cover animals, insects?