definition: Propagate; to multiply
My husband is great at propagating. I love saying that word. What a great word to add to our children’s vocabulary. Propagate! Let’s propagate!
Propagating is a great activity to do with any age of children. There is a couple of ways you can do this. Go on line and type in the word propagates, there will be some ideas of plants and how you can propagate them. Or, the way I think is way more fun, take cuttings from your indoor and outdoor plants and see what happens!
You will need:
containers that can hold water and dirt.
Place the cuttings in water and dirt. Then watch what happens.
What worked? The water method your child will be able to see the roots start to form. This is pretty cool.
Teachers In classrooms this is an inexpensive way to add to your plants and provide a curriculum with readily available materials.
The pictures In this article is of a family plant, impatiens, that my husband propagates every year in the spring time. He takes cuttings, puts them in water and we get these beautiful plants with sweet pink flowers. In our climate they are annuals but with a little propagating we enjoy them every year.
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