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fun for kids---
hi everyone...
any suggestions for making gardening even more fun for kids? i remember reading about doing a pole bean teepee, but can't remember where....can anyone help?? thanks (delurking...) betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" |
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thank you leo! your description was right on target!! i think we will try
this come spring....my little guy (almost three) will LOVE IT! betsey ps-i'd love a photo if its not too much of a pain to get .... betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" |
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hi guys...
thanks for your thoughts. i'd like to point out, when i asked about "fun for kids", i was, in fact, talking about what would be fun for a kid who is turning THREE in january. not a teen, a tween, or 10 year old. my ten year old just finished her fifth grade science project on the purple cone flower, and did an awsome job. she knows how to garden. i did think, it would be "fun" (oh lord, did i SAY that word?" to try and grow a teepee for the little guy. of course, now that i know better, i will sit him down, and teach him about soil composition...... betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" |
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I don't think Betsy is thinking fun like whoopity doo, i think she
means like making it interesting, bringing out the wonder of nature which is a different kind of fun than whoopity doo. When I was pre first grade, my aunt had a huge vegetable garden with all kinds of stuff from radishes to corn ..lots of corn.. and she would give me several varieties of seeds and a small area near the fence and let me plant them the way she did and to me it was a real miracal (my mind is skipping a beat and can't spell tonite!!)the way the little sprouts would come up from what looked like an insignificant bit of material. Starting with her and my mother's support, I've had something growing ever since no matter where i was/am. "Interesting" is a type of fun that makes one delve deeper into a subject to learn more about it. Children are people too, and all people need a break from the daily sessions just like adults need a 15 minute break from their desks. So a bit of fun at break i think is good...if the bullies are kept under control.. we had them we i was little, tooG Leo/lee Auntie Em wrote in message . .. On 28 Nov 2004 19:03:29 GMT, (Two x over) wrote: hi everyone... any suggestions for making gardening even more fun for kids? i remember reading about doing a pole bean teepee, but can't remember where....can anyone help?? thanks (delurking...) betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" Call me a crumudgeon. But my grandmother used to have a saying in Italian which I will translate roughly..... "When the fun begins, the learning stops". Basically, in today's "educational system" everything is based on fun. Back in the era when America's great leaders were educated (in fact, right up until the 1960s or so), school was designed as being anything but FUN. Education was serious business. Today in the DOZENS of countries which surpass the US in educational quality and achievement, most particularly the Asian countries, fun is not particularly important in the educational process. I seriously think that is where the Americal educational system has gone very, very wrong. Insisting that every learning experience be one big "whooptie hoo haaa". I think you would benefit your children more by making it a learning experience rather than a FUN one. Em Be careful what you wish for.... |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote in message ...
On 12/1/04 9:53 AM, in article , "TOM KAN PA" wrote: Subject: fun for kids--- From: Auntie Em Call me a crumudgeon. But my grandmother used to have a saying in Italian which I will translate roughly..... "When the fun begins, the learning stops". Basically, in today's "educational system" everything is based on fun. Back in the era when America's great leaders were educated (in fact, right up until the 1960s or so), school was designed as being anything but FUN. ____Reply Separator_____ And what did you learn at recess? Geez, for all these years, kids looked forward to recess because they thought it was fun. Thanks for setting them straight. School was interesting, but not fun until about 1970. When it got to be "fun", it got boring. I am at the point of home schooling my two - what passes for education is truly lubricious. But teaching a child to garden should be fun with out trying to be "fun" Cheryl Why can't school be fun and educational at the same time? Not every child is going to find every topic interesting and fun, but we can try to present the information to appeal to different learning styles so they will attain the information better. After all, children are going to remember the material they found interesting and disregard the boring information they chose to tune out. More importantly I believe we need to find more ways to intrinsically motivate children. Any ideas? |
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thanks cheryl and lee...
and yes, we are going to grow a bean teepee, and lots and lots of sunflowers (he loves them.....every thing about sunflowers, how big can we get them to grow, how they hang their heads, and how birds eat the seeds....) fun is important. and while i can appreciate the comments that "all education is now mandated to be fun"-thats not necessarily the truth, at least not in our small parochial school...fun is a very much needed aspect of life! betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" |
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Auntie Em wrote in
: Call me a crumudgeon. But my grandmother used to have a saying in Italian which I will translate roughly..... "When the fun begins, the learning stops". wrong. besides, the OP is asking about making gardening more fun/interesting, not how to get the kids to do calculus. snip rant about US educational system the major failings of the current system are too much bureaucracy, too much teaching to the test at the expense of actual *learning*, oversized classes in elementary schools, teachers being expected to not only teach the basics but also ESL, deal with LD students mainsteamed into thier classes, disipline the parents neglected to teach... etc. it has little to do with the kids having "fun". lee -- It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. -Leo Buscaglia, author (1924-1998) |
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