OUTDOORS A CHILD'S FIRST introduction to--and most frequent experience with--nature will probably be in your own backyard and on short walks in your neighborhood. Provide a small, sunny plot--or even just a large pot--for your child to plant his own vegetable garden. The lessons learned and pride earned in tending something from seed to table are immeasurable. If you aren't a gardener yourself, there are many children's nature activity books that can take you both step-by-step through the process. Include your child in the maintenance of the family garden by asking him to help you weed, rake and water it. Provide child-size rakes and trowels that really work--many fine toy stores and catalogs carry these in the spring and summer months. Go on frequent walks with your child, and let him set the pace as often as possible. Preschoolers are apt to spend much of their time squatting down and looking at an ant hill or collecting leaves or stones; this is what they are most interested in at this stage, and fostering such observation skills now will pay off later. If you can, set aside a place of prominence in the home or in the child's room for items gathered on these nature walks. Kunjungi: http://www.balita-anda.indoglobal.com "Untuk mereka yang mendambakan anak balitanya tumbuh sehat & cerdas" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Berlangganan, e-mail ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berhenti berlangganan, e-mail ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EMERGENCY ONLY! Jika kesulitan unsubscribe, kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pencarian-informasi.or.id/ - Solusi Pencarian Informasi di Internet