Stone, Brandy. Gardening for Kids: Learn, Grow, and Get Messy with Fun STEAM Projects. Illustrated by Katy Dockrill. Emeryville, CA: Rockridge Press, 2020.
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Summary from Publisher
Sharpen STEAM skills―and have a blast―with educational gardening projects for kids 8 to 12
Discover how fun and educational growing plants can be. Gardening for Kids is packed with essential information for beginner gardeners and tons of awesome projects that help kids grow their science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills.
Go outside with easy-to-try experiments that will teach you all about the environment, plants, and what it takes to grow and maintain your very own garden. Find out what your soil is made of, make a miniature greenhouse, race seeds, and so much more!
Gardening for Kids provides:
- Gardening 101―Learn everything you need to get your garden started today, from basic safety tips to helpful advice on caring for your plants.
- 25 Gardening projects―Dig into the natural world with a ton of fun experiments like sprouting food scraps, building plant forts, and more―each one focusing on specific STEAM skills.
- A chance to grow together―This book features handy tips for expanding projects to work with groups of kids so you can share the fun in classrooms and community gardens.
Grow a love of science, technology, engineering, art, and math―plus lots of plants―with Gardening for Kids.
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My Review
As a former teacher and gardener for most of my life, I love the concept behind this book. Gardening for Kids provides a variety of experiences to introduce the next generation to gardening. Brandy Stone shows her knowledge of children and the outdoors in the text of Gardening for Kids. I love that the book starts with a chapter for parents or other adults. I highly encourage parents to pay attention to the information there, especially if they are novice gardeners. Stone includes introductory gardening information as well as 25 garden-related projects.
Katy Cokrill’s drawings complement the text well. They help to break up the text, making the book more appropriate for the audience.
Gardening for Kids: Learn, Grown, and Get Messy with Fun STEAM Projects could find a place in a classroom – either formal or homeschool. It could be used as part of an after school program or just for a fun book to work through as parent and child.
Gardening for Kids could find a place in a k-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for the elementary nonfiction section.
I receive a complimentary copy through the Amazon Vine program. This is my honest review.
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