Gardening With Kids by Sharon MacLatchie Rodale Press 1977 First edition HC/DJ

Description: Gardening With Kids by Sharon MacLatchie Rodale Press 1977 First edition HC/DJ Kids are full of curiosity. And gardens are full of curiosities. That's why kids and gardens can go together so well. Leaf through this book. Look at the photos. At the kids and the plants, at the wonder and pleasure. If you've a mind to put together the curious and the curiosities, you should do more than look at the photographs. You should read this book, for it is the first complete and practical guide to gardening with children. Gardening With Kids opens with a positive orientation to children's expectations. "With children, to minimize failure is keynote," Sharon says. "Success works miracles in youthful psyches and isn't bad for grown-ups either." So she emphasizes early and repeated success by alerting the adult gardener to what children expect and how they approach things, and by including the best methods for successful organic gardening. Subsequent chapters discuss year-round gardening basics, always with children in mind: preplanning and preparation, choosing foolproof vegetables, and easy garden care. Ways of expanding interest in gardening are suggested: rainy day gardening with an emphasis on learning, special gardens of minivegetables and unusual plants, and gardening with groups of children. There's even a chapter of recipes for young gardeners and their parents, designed to introduce children to what can be done with what they grow. Each chapter, whether about starting summer vegetables, sprouting seedlings, or gardening indoors, offers every child something to do. The preschooler will be able to handle much from start to finish with a parent's help. Older children, once they've learned the basics, may expand their growing skills toward complete food growing, competition growing, even gardening for income. Together parent and child can aim for success early and repeatedly with skills both can learn. So don't be shy. Don't hesitate. You can garden with kids, if you have Gardening With Kids as a reference. Very Good in jacket showing some wear. Pages are clean, text unmarked, binding is tight. Absolutely NOT A LIBRARY BOOK! There DEFINITELY will be NO underlining, highlighting, and/or writing. Look at the PHOTOS that are part of the description. Support the small independent sellers who want you to know EXACTLY what you are buying! Avoid the hassle of returns. Look at the photos. Ask any questions. Secure shipping wrapped up in a new box. If buying multiple "Buy It Now" items, add each individual item to your cart. When you view your cart, you will see a button on the right hand side just above your first item that says "Request Total from Seller" in small print. If you click that I will be able to send you an invoice with your correct shipping charges. Thank you for looking!

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