Square Foot Gardening with Kids: Learn Together: - Gardening Basics - Science and Math - Water Conservation - Self-sufficiency - Healthy Eating: 5 (All New Square Foot Gardening)

Mel Bartholomew's top-selling __Square Foot Gardening__ books have made his revolutionary garden system available to millions of people. In __Square Foot Gardening with Kids__, Mel reveals his tips, tricks, and fun projects in one of his most cherished pursuits: teaching youngsters to build and grow a SFG of their own. The easy geometry of the gridded box breaks the complex world of gardening into digestible bites for enthusiastic young learners, and the sequence of tasks required to grow plants from seeds is repeatable and reassuring. Kids learn many valuable life lessons when tending their own garden -- such as the importance of following instructions and doing your chores, basic skills like counting and water conservation, and learning to appreciate the nature of food and why it is important to respect it. Most importantly though, they learn that growing your own food is both fun and rewarding. A Square Foot Garden is more than just a perfect place to grow vegetablesit is an ideal environment for sharing and learning with kids of all ages. This book teaches you how. For two generations, Mel Bartholomew's top-selling Square Foot Gardening books have made his revolutionary system for growing vegetables available to millions of people. In Square Foot Gardening with Kids, Mel reveals all of the tips, tricks, and fun projects he has used over the decades in one of his most cherished pursuits: teaching youngsters to build and grow their own kid-sized SFGs. Because of its simple principles and fast payoff, Square Foot Gardening is perfect for children. The easy geometry of the gridded box breaks the complex world of gardening into digestible bites that are easy to approach and understand for enthusiastic young learners, and the sequence of tasks required to grow plants from seeds is repeatable and reassuring. Whether you're a grandparent, parent, teacher, coach, or any kind of role model to young people, Square Foot Gardening with Kids offers you the proven methods Mel has developed himself to entertain and amaze the kid in all of us. And, in the process, many valuable life lessons can be learnedsuch as the importance of following instructions and doing your chores, basic skills like counting and water conservation, and learning to appreciate the nature of food and why it is important to respect it. But more than anything, this clever, colorful new book captures the essence of growing edibles for anyone, regardless of age: it is fun and rewarding. Cover Title Table of Contents Introduction Getting the Most Out of This Book 1. Kids and SFG Go Together Like Carrots & Tomatoes 2. Building Together: Making Your Own SFG Box 3. Getting Dirty: Making Mel’s Mix is as Easy as (Mud) Pie 4. Miracle in a Box: The Thrill of Growing a Garden 5. The Reward 6. Digging Deeper: Reaching Out Beyond the Box 7. Kids Guide to Veggies & Herbs Resources INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z Meet Mel Bartholomew Blank Page If you garden and you're not sharing the experience with your kids or grandkids., you're missing out. In the garden, you will find not just soil and vegetables and flowers, but also an endless\series of small miracles that delight children and pave the way for as many teaching moments as you can imagine. And no method of growing serves the goals of shared wisdom and\quality time between generations better than Square Foot Gardening Square foot gardening (SFG) is based on a grid of 1-foot squares, offering numerous opportunities for lessons in math, science, and other subjects. Includes suggestions for activities Presents a guide for helping kids learn about math and science by gardening with a square foot garden design based on a grid of one-foot squares Share gardening with a child, tween, or teen with the Square Foot Gardening method and give them life skills and experience to last a lifetime