Places
Visit a community garden
Age range: 1–4 years
- Duration
- 30 min
- Location
- Nearby
- Category
- Places
- Type
- Place
How to try it
Find a community garden that welcomes visitors and walk the paths together. Smell the herbs, touch the leaves, and watch for bees and worms, and ask a gardener what is growing.
Materials
No special materials listed.
Safety note
Stay on the paths, let your toddler touch only what a gardener says is fine, do not let them taste plants or soil, and wash hands afterward.
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Why it matters
Seeing where plants grow and meeting the people who tend them gives your toddler a first look at how food and flowers come to be.
Benefit
Early science
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