Description
Nurture young learners curiosity and understanding of the natural world with the Gardening and Growing Area 3–7yrs, a carefully curated collection of high quality gardening tools and resources, housed within a wooden greenhouse, is designed to engage children in gardening, planting, and caring for the natural world. Developed by Early Excellence education specialists, this durable and versatile collection enables children to explore gardening and planting first-hand and offers everything you need to introduce children to the natural world, inspiring a love of outdoor learning.
The complete resource collection, consisting of robust and child-friendly tools including a child sized wheelbarrow, long and short handled tools will support children as they dig, plant, rake, water and care for their growing garden. The collection includes a range of watering cans for children to develop an understanding of capacity and weight. The metal watering can captures and stores rainwater, providing a sustainable method to maintaining the outdoor garden. Each element of the gardening and growing collection has been selected to encourage independent exploration and practical learning, while being built to withstand busy outdoor environments. The resource collection is stored within a wooden greenhouse and sturdy rattan basket making it perfect for year-round outdoor use. The collection creates an engaging and accessible learning environment that inspires scientific enquiry, creativity, and physical activity.
Enhance the outdoor gardening area and introduce the Outdoor Investigation Bench to create a focal point for children to use the metal hand tools collaboratively to plant seeds, water seedlings and observe growth over time, supporting their understanding of life cycles and environmental care. Add an Outdoor Planter for year round planting. Providing an outdoor garden space also supports children to develop a shared sense of responsibility as they care and grow the plants together. The gardening activities that the collection offers promotes physical development through digging, lifting and carrying, while also fostering patience, responsibility and teamwork.
For deeper learning consider pairing this collection with the Giant Wooden Balance Scale for hands-on measurement and comparison of soil, plants and tools and the Exploring Nature KS1 Enrichment Collection to extend KS1 children’s learning of plant growth and life cycles.
Add purposeful mark making and add the Set of Wooden Chalkboards or the Set of Outdoor Dry Erase Pockets to encourage children to record observations, label plants, keep tally of seeds and plants, display the weather or garden rules, the possibilities and opportunities are endless!
Discover the full range of Gardening and Growing resources to enhance your early years or KS1 outdoor classroom, creating an engaging and inspiring environment where children can learn, explore, and thrive.
Learning Opportunities
- Developing physical skills through digging, raking, watering, and using gardening tools to improve coordination and control
- Exploring the natural world by observing plants and soil, and noticing changes over time
- Expanding vocabulary by describing gardening actions, tools, and observations
- Building curiosity and focus through purposeful engagement with tools, plants, and gardening routines
This Gardening and Growing Area 3-7yrs includes:
- Wooden Greenhouse with transparent cover, H122cm x W67cm x D47cm, assembled onsite
- 1 Child-sized wheelbarrow, featuring two wheels, rounded off edges and safety handlebar grips, approx. H30cm x W38cm x D81cm
- 1 Rain Collecting Watering Can, 8.7L
- 1 Green Watering Can, 5L capacity
- 2 Metal Watering Cans, 1.5L capacity
- 1 Lawn Rake, approx. 70cm x 2cm x 20cm
- 1 Double Head Hoe, approx. 53cm x 7cm x 20cm
- 2 Natural Brushes, approx. L82cm
- 2 Garden Rakes approx. L72cm
- 2 Spades, approx. L70cm
- 2 Sieves, approx. 37cm x 36cm x 10cm
- 3 Hand Rakes, approx. L25cm
- 3 Hand Forks, approx. L25cm
- 3 Hand Trowels, approx. L25cm
- 3 Pairs of Child sized Gardening Gloves, Approx. L23cm
- 1 Dibbler, approx. 3cm x 3cm x 27cm
- 3 Green Tubs, Mini Shallow 5L
- 1 Green Tub, Small 14L
- 1 Large Rattan Basket, W31 x D31 x H35cm
- Suitable for age 3 and over
Variations
Many of our resources are produced in a variety of colours and styles and may vary slightly from those shown, however we guarantee that you will always receive the same quality and value.
Secondary images used for representation purposes only.
