Pre-K Horticulture Class

Mara and I planted a small pot of grass several months back, and it has been growing quite well. Or, I should say, it has had its ups and downs.

Sometimes Mara will look over in the kitchen window and say, “Oh, look, Mommy–the plant died. Again! . . . We should give it some water.”

In an effort to teach my city kids a thing or two about horticulture, I’ve given Mara responsibility for this plant. We water it (when we remember!), make sure it has plenty of sunshine, and when the grass gets too long, Mara cuts it!

Here it is, after the “cut.”

We will work on cutting the grass evenly when she gets a little older.

For now, she’s enjoying learning to use scissors, so she’s enjoying taking care of the plant.

But I’m sure, someday, when she and a bunch of other kids are swapping stories about how hard their parents were on them, this is how it will go down:

“Well, my parents had me cutting the grass when I was two years old!”