How to teach your children gardening and gardening tools

Do you want to teach your kids gardening? Teach them how to use gardening tools? Your children will really enjoy learning about the plants, the tools, the layers of soils and all the other things that go with it. Read on to discover how you can coax your kids, the tech savvy generation into the garden today! Find out how to teach gardening to children in this day and age of Playstation and Wii consoles.

Before handing your children gardening tools, you must walk them through the garden a few times. While doing that, talk to them and tell them more about the plants, soil and the system around them. Introduce them to each and every plant in your garden as you walk by and tell them why you've planted them. "Why" is the word we are looking for because the kids will always be able to relate each gardening activity to a reason. So they're not mindlessly digging away in the dirt. Chances are that the children will not immediately remember much of what you say, but this will help in the long run in developing love and affection for the garden.

Once you've done the walking and talking a couple of times, let the children wander around in the garden while you are doing gardening. Let them see you wearing those gloves, boots, working with the tools, using the chemicals and doing some handy work. Make sure you're having fun while doing it! The whole idea of this exercise is to let your children see how much you and your partner enjoy gardening. This should instigate the curious cat inside their little minds.

Don't expect your kids to pick up the same clippers or other gardening tools that you are using. Let's face it, not only will they be dangerous, your tools are too boring for your children! Children's gardening tools should be colorful, exciting and super fun. I suggest that you be smart and scout for great deals for children's gardening tools on the internet. From wheelbarrows to gloves to totes to toy hammers, you will find a much better range and variety than what you may find at the local store.

Why is it important to give your children gardening books? Because there is nothing better than a book to further infuse the passion for gardening in your children. For your children, it is one thing to be outdoors, get dirty and plant a few saplings. But it is another to spend time indoors and browse through these books which are specially printed for kids. Children are always eager to implement what they learn from books, in real life. That is exactly what you want here. I suggest that you start with a very basic children's gardening book which has pages to color, games to play, doesn't have too much information and is very interactive. You can then move on to books which are more informative.

Okay so you've got your children out in the backyard, you've got them their tools, you've got them books, so what's next? Well the whole idea of this tip is to let your children view gardening is a fun activity rather than a cumbersome chore. Don't keep nagging and pestering them, because that will only make gardening seem like an exercise or a chore to your children. They want to have fun, so let gardening be their moment of fun, freedom and happiness.

Here is where your true parenting skills come into the picture, ladies and gentlemen. Leave the children alone in the garden, is the order of the day. The key to keep your kids interested in gardening is to leave them alone every now and then and let them do their own digging, planting, cutting and trimming. Don't worry too much if they end up spoiling the look of the garden. That can be fixed later on. So be relaxed, sit back and enjoy watching your kids try their hand at their new found hobby.

Teaching your children gardening can be a fun activity for you too! Find out games that you can play with your children in the garden. Make sure that the games teach your kids a thing or two about the garden, the plants and the tiny little creatures in the soil. Here are some interesting games that you can play with your kids in the garden.

Catch the worm

Identify the leaf

Dig a perfect pit

Who can shovel dirt the quickest

Who can lay the neatest bed of flowers

Identify the flower by its smell while you're blindfolded

So if you are an avid gardener, or you are looking to pick up this amazing hobby, take your kids along with you on this fantastic journey. Gardening will stick with them forever and will help them form a strong bond with nature.