Simple ways to teach your children about agriculture
There are many benefits of teaching kids about where their food comes from. Are you wondering how you can include this in their learning without having to buy a farm? I’ve rounded up a list of 8 simple and practical ways you can:
Read about agriculture, farming, gardening or homesteading. On your next trip to the library or Amazon purchase grab some age appropriate books to read to or with your little ones.
Plant a garden together. Have the kids join you to plant, water, pull weeds and harvest.
Teach kids about the importance of flowers and how they provide nectar to bees, which in turn help pollinate food crops. Birds, butterflies and bats are also pollinators. Consider adding a bird feeder or butterfly feeder to your yard to nourish nearby pollinators.
Plant a family tree in your yard. Talk about how the tree and its leaves help the environment by adding oxygen to the air through photosynthesis.
Visit a U-Pick farm for strawberries, blueberries, apples, peaches, pumpkins, etc.
Consider having your children join a 4-H club or Future Farmers of America chapter. This will help them expand their knowledge by joining a youth organization that focuses on agricultural education and leadership development.
Prepare a meal together and discuss how the vegetables, fruit and meat were grown/raised. If your child is too young to assist with meal preparation you may consider pretending with playdoh or visiting a playmuseum.
Visit your state or county fair to see the exhibits, animals and more.
