Eight Things About Gardening With Your Kids, Part 5
Social Interaction is Effective
I am writing a series of posts about eight principles of education integrated into the design and activities of Hershey Children’s Garden and how you can use these principles with your little green thumbs.
Principle number five: Let kids play and help each other. We humans are social beings and most of what we learn concerning the world around us comes through our interaction with others. Kids not only learn through play, but they learn through playing together! Most visitors who come to Hershey Children’s Garden are part of a group, and the Garden is designed to accommodate their social interaction.
The placement of open spaces and the placement of seating and surfaces for activities in central locations are key for a kid-friendly landscape. But most of all, just let them play together, and the learning often takes care of itself.
Posted by Josh Steffen
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