2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
At the dacha, outdoor games help the child to throw out the energy accumulated during his stay in a cramped room, to get an abundant dose of positive emotions. Your own vegetable garden in the form of a small patch of land with a bed will help a young naturalist to develop responsibility and work skills that are useful for adult life. How to organize a children's garden?
Work principles
For a child, caring for plants should bring joy, a desire to help adults grow something useful for the family. A feasible lesson is distributed over short periods of time. So that children do not have time to get tired of monotonous work.
A variety of surgeries will help fuel interest in the courtship process. A playful approach is the best principle for organizing work.
Decor
Long ridges tire little explorers quickly. Therefore, the garden is divided into small sectors. The paths are placed more often so that the child can easily reach the weeds without stepping on the arable land.
It is more rational to make raised ridges, sheathed around the perimeter with curved, painted boards (to avoid splinters) or vertically installed pieces of slate.
For the smallest, a mobile platform in the form of a basin or a small wheelbarrow with the ground is sufficient. So that during the rain you can move the flower bed under the canopy, where the child can continue to work without getting dirty in the mud.
Horseshoe garden
Alternatively, a horseshoe-shaped flower city is suitable. They are digging a square platform with an area of 4 sq.m. Free from weeds. A peg with a tied rope is installed in the center. At the other end, circles of different diameters 100, 150, 250 cm are drawn with a stick.
The internal space is sown with grass or the ground is decorated with ceramic tiles, bark, boards. In the center, they construct protection from precipitation, the sun from an umbrella or canopy. There are toys, a chair to rest from working minutes.
The difference between the first and second lap is the track. It is lined with geotextiles that prevent the germination of weeds, and sand is poured on top. On the north side, a 30 cm wide passage is left.
"Horseshoe" is divided into sectors of 0.5-1 meters. The soil is fertilized with humus. Vegetables alternate with flowers that are easy to grow (marigolds, daisies, petunias, ornamental cabbage).
From food crops, babies can take care of bush squash, pumpkin, herbs (dill, parsley, basil, celery), turnips, onions. For the child, vegetables are selected that do not require chemical treatments from pests and diseases. Exclude tomatoes, potatoes with poisonous tops.
All preparatory work falls on the shoulders of adults. The kid is involved in developing a planting plan, planting plants, caring for crops.
Garden science
At first, parents need to:
1. Explain the difference between weeds and cultivated plants.
2. Show the methods of processing (loosening, weeding, watering).
3. Buy a convenient tool for your height (a large shovel for adults will quickly discourage the desire to work).
4. Working periods of no more than 10-15 minutes should be combined with game moments of 40-45 minutes.
5. In the middle of the day (hot hours), give the child a rest in the shade.
6. The severity must be age appropriate. Watering can with water no more than 1-3 liters.
Praise the kid for the work done, the end results. Let him feel proud of the self-grown radishes that Mom made a salad for the whole family.
Composing compositions
Unusual children's compositions are obtained from old household items: shoes, saucepans, buckets without a bottom, basins. Dig into the ground, put on stumps or hang "antiques" on a low fence. Add soil inside. Plant healthy vegetables or brightly colored bushes with your helper.
The main condition is that the combination of cultures should turn out to be interesting for the child. Encouraging children's imagination will stimulate further creativity.
Appoint the kid "the head of the improvised vegetable garden", he will be more responsible in his work. Work skills acquired in childhood will help to cope with any difficulties in life in the future.
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