Gardening wizardry for kids

by L. Patricia Kite

Book Overview

Kids learn about plants through more than 300 experiments and projects that use apple seeds, beans, potatoes, herbs -- virtually everything that grows! Whether growing space is as small as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439276128
• ISBN13: 9780439276122
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gardening Wizardry for Kids

Excellent; excellent; excellent. Interesting folklore to share with kids (ages I work with: 8-13). Has games with veggies as well as other info. Highly recommend it when working with kids.

Great hands-on book

This is a really informative and easy to use gardening book for kids. Like the little veggie history notes.

Awesome ideas for kids and gardening

This book was great and a lifesaver for me! I taught a camp this summer "How things grow" and this book gave me tons of ideas. Gardening Wizardry for Kids has indoor activities, outdoor activities, and most are really simple and easy to do!

Delightful multidimensional book....

I bought this book as a gift and I am delighted with it. Many books I see for kids are lacking in one or more respects, this book is a clean sweep on every front i.e. well-organized, accurate content, meaningful activities, good cartoons and lots of interesting facts about plants. The book covers the history and folklore of common vegetables and fruits, various activities that teach principles and appreciate for how plants do what they do and many indoor growing experiments that educate. It even includes sections on raising earthworms, pill bugs, snails and information about growing herbs. One nice feature of the book is the presentation of provocative questions about plants that are then answered in the text or must be answered through an experiment of some sort. This is top-notch material, even the illustrations are excellent. Although I believe this book is recommended for children 4-8, I think it is probably more appropriate for 6-12. It is certainly fine for even a very intelligent and motivated 10 year old.

Some great ideas in this book!

We love this book! Easy reading, fun project ideas!