Nature Baby Care

Take Care Of Baby Blog Young children are fascinated by nature and even if you live in a block of flats there are lots of things to show them. Point out birds or build a bird table or a tit house so that they can see birds at close quarters. You could even take some photos of birds that come to your table for the children to put into a nature Book.

Children love collecting leaves and putting them into patterns once they have been dried between the pages of a heavy book. You can make a simple flower or leaf press from two pieces of hardboard and several sheets of blotting paper held together with a woodworker’s clamp. They can also be bought readymade very cheaply. When you go for walks take time to point things out to the children. They won’t want to hike for miles at this age but will be interested in collecting twigs, seedpods, pebbles, flowers or grasses – anything that can be brought home to make a nature collection. As children get nearer five, they enjoy learning to name trees and flowers.

There are lots of pretend games to play in a field or a wood, or even in an urban park. What may be a very ordinary piece of ground is wonderful to under-five so just because you don’t live near the country don’t imagine that your children have to miss out on the joys of nature.

If you have a garden, let your children plant seeds there. They’ll be thrilled to see flowers or vegetables appearing later in the year and will learn the basis of botany too. A pond stocked with fish will give them pleasure, or you could have a goldfish bowl or tank indoors. Tadpoles are fascinating to children but make sure there is a suitable place for the young frogs to stand on out of the water.

If you take an obvious delight in nature and take the trouble to encourage your children, you’ll start them off on what could be a life-long interest.