kids and nature

'I didn't know gardening could be so much fun!'

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It is wonderful when you hear such remarks from children who are engrossed in getting their hands dirty and up close and personal with nature - literally! This was my experience today as my sons and I started planting the first of our vegetables in our kitchen garden. When the chatter wasn't about the size and number of worms we were coming across it was about the menus they were going to create from all the harvest! Leek and potato soup seemed rather popular as well as who could grow the largest zucchini in time for the zucchini race at the Fall Fair later in the year!

Dr. Cheryl Charles, president of the Children and Nature Network talks about the growing movement

Do you think the choir (of people who see the importance of children spending time outdoors) is growing?