Are you looking for a way to celebrate the joy of spring weather with your child? Are your green thumbs beginning to itch? With the weather getting warmer and spring blossoms popping all around us, it’s time to start planning your vegetable gardens and flower beds. Gardening with children can be especially rewarding. The Seattle Public Library is planning a few events that may inspire your little ones to think green. Join us this Thursday, April 1, at the Central Library, for a day of celebrating gardening, spring and nature with two exceptional performances and some fun crafts after each show. While you are visiting the library, pick up information about exploring kid-friendly gardening activities at home and around Seattle.
Creepin’ Critters Show10:30 am
Join Lisa and Jessica, educators from Seattle Tilth’s Children’s Garden in an exploration of common garden creatures. Through stories, puppets and songs, learn how spiders, worms and ladybugs grow, help the garden, and fit into the bigger scheme of things. Recommended for children ages 3-7.
1:30 pm
Come see Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale, a short play for children, presented by Book-it Repertory Theatre, based on the children’s book by Steven Kellogg. Book-It brings to life the true story of a hero who brings apples and hope to the early settlers of America, and recounts the exaggerated stories that grow out of his extraordinary experiences. Recommended for children ages 5 and up.
A Garden of Books….
Book lists with garden-themed recommendations for children of all ages will also be available. Take a peek at the list below for a preview:
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry
Learn along with Groundhog how a garden grows! Detailed illustrations of plants, seeds, and bugs border many of the pages. Ages 3-7.
Flower Garden, by Eve Bunting
Gardens aren’t just for yards! This story is about a girl who makes a window box garden for her mother. Ages 3-7.
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie, by Robbin Gourley
This story, based on the childhood of Chef Edna Lewis, shares the importance of growing food with the rhythm of the seasons. Folk rhymes are interspersed and recipes are included at the end. Ages 6-10.
Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman
Thirteen different people tell the story of what happens when a community turns a vacant lot in Cleveland into a garden. Ages 8-12.
Gardening with Children, by Monika Hannemann
This book is full of terrific facts and activity ideas about gardens, nature, flowers and food. Ages 7-12.
~Blythe, Central
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