Gardening and Kids
July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gardening and Kids
Summer is the perfect time to do activities with your children that otherwise you never have time to do during the school year.
Gardening with your children is not only beneficial in building character, but is a physical activity that they might enjoy as well. It gives them a sense of creating something, a sense of achievement that wasn’t difficult to attain.
Have you seen their faces when they’re picking that ripe tomato from the plant? Have you seen them smile when they are the first one to spot that red pepper? Gardening with your children can be a very rewarding experience for both of you, and could forge memories that may last a lifetime.
What a better way for them to learn about plants, their care and the problem of world hunger than when they are side by side gardening with you? A time that will help them form a stronger relationship with nature,you and the world around them
Be crazy…plant a garden and some memories at the same time.
Article Submitted By: Neo M.
Getting Kids to Eat Salads
July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
Getting kids to eat salads can be very difficult.
Getting adults to eat salads can be difficult as well.
The funny thing about salads is that it really is a habit you have to form. Forcing down spinach or broccoli once in a while can be challenging. If you eat it every day, I guarantee that at some point you will start missing it if you skip a day.
Here are some tips to getting kids to eat salads regularly.
1) Start with a salad before other things are on the table.
2) Give kids SMALL salad portions and praise them for eating it.
3) Serve a salad every day. Eventually they will just expect it and it will become a non-issue.
4) Make the kids salad out of mostly things they already like. We do a small amount of spinach with carrots and cucumbers.
That is it. Don’t give up quickly and your kids will be eating salads in no time.