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Gardening Study

Garden

WHY INVESTIGATE GARDENING?

Plants provide food and oxygen for the entire biosphere, literally supporting the existence of life on EarthSpending time in the garden offers opportunities to develop all kinds of skills. The benefits of gardening in early childhood are physical, emotional, spatial, mathematical, sensory awareness, character development and creative ideas. They will learn to be responsible and patient while caring for a tiny seed as it grows into a plant. Gardening in early childhood teaches kids from a very young age about the environment. Children will learn to respect and appreciate nature.