PRE-school children at Lymm are learning about plants and how they grow, thanks to parents who were able to acquire gardening tools by collecting supermarket vouchers.
Children, parents and staff at St Mary’s Pre-School collected the vouchers which provided a mini-green house, trowels, a planting tray and watering cans. Since then staff and children have been busy sowing seeds and tending the vegetables, herbs and flowers they planted.
Among the things they planted were lettuce which they later tried as part of their daily snack.
Lynn Smith, who co-ordinates the gardening activity said: “It is a delight to see the excitement on the children’s faces as they take your hand and lead you to the garden so show you ‘how big’ the plants have grown.
“We are keeping a scrap book so we can see the changes we have made in the garden and the growth of the seeds over time”.
Some of the children are so keen they have now learnt how to ‘dead head’ the pansies as well as plant and water the seeds.
Toddlers learn about plants
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