Springtime
is coming and not a moment too soon. I am longing to see the first buds of
springtime. As a child I loved picking bouquets of flowers for the kitchen
table. Picking flowers is a great source of learning. Talk about the colors; red,
pink, periwinkle blue. Enjoy being scientists that observe colored water being
absorbed through the veins of the stem to the petals and demonstrates how a
plant absorbs nutrients and water necessary to life.
WORD
OF CAUTION
Beautiful
blossoms dancing in the sunlight are an attraction to small children and
toddlers who are very oral often putting the things they grab into their
mouths. This can cause reactions from mild side effects to severe and even life
threatening.
Steps to Take
Be sure to
supervise the time in the garden. Watch where those pudgy little hands go and
wash them as soon as you have finished picking your bouquet and before they have
any food to eat.
When tossing
out old flower water from the vase be sure to dump it outside or down the sink
and thoroughly wash the sink to rid of any residual sap from the flowers. This
ensures that dishes won’t get sap in them thereby posing a risk for a child to
ingest something poison.
Below are some sites with lists of
poisonous and nonpoisonous flowers.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind/landscape/poisonous-plants-resources/common-poisonous-plants-and-plant-parts/
http://www.teleflora.com/nontoxic-pet-friendly-flowers-plants.asp
Science Experiments to do with flowers:
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