Eight Things About Gardening With Your Kids, Part 8
Evaluation
I have been 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 eight: observe, learn and evaluate. I personally need to intentionally cultivate a habit of constant learning. My default mode is to work to set something up, make sure it is "functioning" and then forget about it. But how do I know the activity, garden feature or planting design worked? How do I know? I know by stepping back and observing. Hershey Children’s Garden works, because the Garden staff seeks new approaches and new methods. I learn by observing how kids are actually using Hershey Children’s Garden and then adapt what I do by approaching the world as they do.
I can say one thing with certainty - Working with kids in a garden is never boring.
Posted by Josh Steffen
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