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

This book is amazing and I can't wait to do everything in it. My gardening attempts have always failed in the past. We homeschool our 3 kiddos and this book breaks everything down into easy to follow steps and includes activities for science, art, math, history, and language arts. This would be so fun to use in a group, school, church, club, etc... I originally checked it out from our local library and I liked it so much I had to purchase a copy for our home.

I used this to guide me to mix the soil and plant my new raised beds. The activities are wonderful for my grandson who's loving gardening as much as I am! And they are for various age groups so it isn't a one and done kind of book! My daughter is going to use it for homeschooling.

Square Foot Gardening was the rage decades ago because IT WORKS! Ease of gardeing for high quality produce and flowers in small spaces. Why break your back? This is great for kids and as a family project. Kids learn patience, science, and just get a taste of better living.

I like this book very much it has helped me over the years to succeed in gardening

The wife and I are big enthusiasts of being outdoors and we want to instill that as well as our interest in gardening into our newborn son. Purchasing this book may have been a bit premature, but it provides some excellent guides on how to not only include your child in the development of gardening plots, but how to present gardening in a way that will interest and involve your child. I'm excited to begin this with my son and I'm glad this book provides so many different options to teach about the importance of gardening and how it can be fun for people of all ages. If there was any reason I wouldn't give this a perfect review, it's that the book could be made in a higher quality. This is a children-focused book about being outside and working in dirt, yet it's printed like any other book. Could be a bit more resilient, like many other children's books or older cookbooks.

R.I.P. Mel Bartholomew. Thank you for this contribution to children! Purchased for a seven-year old (and parents) with an avid fascination of plants. Large, shiny, flexible cover with many glossy photographs of real-life young gardeners inside that a child can connect with. Puzzles and learning games included. Simplifies many concepts, such as composting and photosynthesis, which is useful for beginning adult square-foot gardeners as well as for children.

Good book for children to work a square foot garden with. Simple information and easily understood by children. Again, good book!

I have the "Square Foot Gardening" book already, but I thought this edition would have new ideas; it doesn't. The only difference in the two books is Mel suggests making a 3x3 bed instead of a 4x4 so kids can reach the middle easier. It talks about square foot gardening at schools, which is a wonderful idea, but I got the book as a home gardener with kids.

gardenlover with a green thump who loves to make things happen, grow and teach in a fun and rewarding way? perfect book to turn any dirt avoiding kid into a garden buddy. great book

Large focus in this book on lesson plans/integrating formal learning. We just wanted something my kid would be able to read and learn from. This isn’t it. But perfect for a keen teacher or community outreach garden.

As a teacher I wanted to embrace SFG with my class. A LOT of information from the main book is repeated but if you are new to SFG and wanted to do this with children it would be an excellent starring point. The learning and teaching ideas are good and can be easily adapted for 3-18 as there are different ideas for a range of ages. Would be great for child minders and parents alike.

I gave this book to my grandson who will help his Mom planting garden boxes.

Ich habe mich bewußt für die Kinderfassung des Square Foot Gardenings entschieden, da ich festgestellt habe, dass die Basics an vielen anderen Stellen gut und ausführlich erklärt werden. Der Vorteil hier ist, dass es für Eltern und Betreuer einen wunderbaren Einblick in die Möglichkeiten des Lernens und Lehrens gibt, wenn man mit Kindern und Schülern in den Garten geht. Die Aufteilung auf 4 verschiedene Altersgruppen und die Berücksichtigung der jeweiligen pädagogischen Besonderheiten ist dabei besonders erwähnenswert. Einen kleinen Abzug um einen Stern muss ich jedoch machen, da auch dieses Buch keine kompletten Pflanzpläne anbietet. Es wäre schön, wenn man auf die Erfahrung von Profis zurückgreifen könnte, wenn es darum geht, mehrfach in einem Jahr nachzupflanzen. Aber das kann man ja auch mit den Kindern erarbeiten, oder?