CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Getting familiar with the seeds. The children 

 should have frequent opportunity to examine seeds 



similar to those they have 

 planted in their plots, to 

 become familiar with each 

 kind. They can do this by 

 handling them (the sense 

 of touch), by chewing a 

 few (the sense of taste), 

 by the odor (the sense of 

 smell), and by cutting 

 others open to see the in- 

 side (the sense of sight). 

 They ought to become 

 quite familiar with these 

 seven seeds (radishes, 

 beets, lettuce, onions, car- 

 rots, beans, corn). Have 

 a set in small bottles kept 

 in a box. 



Photo by the Author 



Using the back of the rake to 

 draw the loose earth to the 

 center of the path 



Like this 



Insects. Even in the midst of a large city the 

 Children's Garden will soon draw insects, which will 

 open up the whole subject of the insect in relation to 

 the garden and in relation to our lives. The teacher 

 should now make the same distinction with the in- 

 sects which he did with the weeds, selecting for 



