Demonstrating how plants grow.
UC ANR South Coast REC Field Events, Workshops, and Extension
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Never Too Young To Learn About Plants and Insects

  • March 28, 2019
  • By Tamara J Majcherek

Local Orange County Kindergarten students along with their two teachers and parent chaperones visited the South Coast REC Youth Garden for the classes' first field trip. After setting their own rules of conduct for the morning, the excited children were split up into groups to participate in the activities conducted by UCCE Master Gardener – Orange County volunteers. Teachers, parents, and children alike enjoyed learning about insects in the garden and plant anatomy. All the students were sent home with ‘Good Bugs in the Garden' coloring books, and their painted lady bug rock.

 

Playing with worms.
Children wearing blue gloves working together to handle a tall, dark object on a blue table outdoors.
Taking time to smell the herbs.
A group of children and adults gathered around a garden bed with green plants, participating in a gardening or educational activity outdoors.  
Creating lady beetles.
Children sitting at a table outdoors, engaged in a craft or science activity, with supplies and boxes on the table and adults assisting.
Demonstrating how plants grow.
A girl dressed in a green costume, holding a stick or staff, standing outdoors with a woman and other children watching in the background.
Learning about plant parts.
A group of children and adults outdoors, with some children looking at or exploring a garden or planting area, with trees and houses in the background.