Children canworkon mathand scienceskills byobserving theirplants’ lifecycles...

Gardening exercises important reasoning, initiation, planning and organization skills. We want to encourage parents and teachers to have their kids do a little gardening research before diving in.

Children can work on math and science skills by observing their plants’ life cycles, measure their plants or make other observations and record their observations in a journal. Weather cycles, measuring rainfall and monitoring the insect life around the plants can also foster a real scientific curiosity in

Gardening help children make a habit of calming themselves. “Gardening allows kids to be alone, it allows them to breathe fresh air and be at peace by themselves.” Research indicates that the calming effect gardening has on the brain extends even beyond the actual act of gardening.

The Budding Farmers Grow Club is an agriculturebased extracurricular activity, which aims to engage children in discovering the ins and outs of planting, growing and caring for agricultural outputs from the farm to the table.

If you are interested in having the Grow Club at your school, please send an email to bfgrowclub@gmail.com.