What age group of children do you find are the most interested in seeds and how they grow ?

Question

I am just beginning to write chidren's books after 20 years of teacher elem/preschool, but at 56, not being a mother nor grandmother of young children, I need to update myself. They will actually be Christian books, but I just need to know what age group would be interested in seeds, planting and germinating, in very basic vocabulary of course.

Answer 1

From age 4 to 9. My children in KG just love to discover something that is planted or seeds that has been germinating. My 9 yr. old is always excited during experiments and observation of seeds and germination too.

Answer 2

I Notice 4 and 5 yr olds are interested in this... especially that they have their own special responcibility to take care of it , as they watch it grow. And they learn how it grows and what it needs......... water and light, just as we need food but also spiritual food and the light of the world

Answer 3

I agree with Lesley... between the ages of four and seven. Kids really like to see how things grow over time and how things work.

Answer 4

I agree with everyone that age 4-7 is the prime time, but I do have something a little different to add.  My son, age 14 now, just told me last week that one of the 'coolest' things he ever had was his own row in the garden!  I had forgotten that, but I remember it now that he mentions it.  When he was somewhere between 5 and 6, we had a small garden and I let him plant about 5 different vegetables all in 1 row. He could remember every vegetable, down to the climbing peas on the end!  He tended that little row, watering it and pulling weeds, and apparently, it made an impression on him!  He's such a tough and sometimes aloof teenager now, and it's nice to share that sweet memory.

Don't know if this story helps, but it does illustrate how keenly interested many kids are in this little miracle!

Answer 5

My kids all enjoy helping me in the garden, but the six year old is the most interested in it. I would say that between 4 and 7 they are the most interested.

Answer 6

kindergarden and first graders