Gardening With a Toddler

Gardening with a toddler is messy fun and a valuable learning opportunity for your toddler. No space for a garden? Drea Mastromatteo, our resident gardener and children’s garden instructor, demonstrates (with her 23-month-old son) how a toddler can help plant a seed in a tiny pot that fits in the palm of your hand. Watch how to use toilet paper rolls as bird feeders and seed planters.   

In addition to healthy outdoor activities, gardens offer very young children foundational learning in science, math, art and more. Since 90% of a child’s brain is developed by age 5, early learning activities are a crucial head start to later school success.   

We have innovative children’s sensory learning gardens and garden learning programs for infants and toddlers, thanks to a generous grant from United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.  Visit the Child Development Center page at blessedsacramentacademy.org for more learning-centric outdoors activities for infants and toddlers.  

Here are more free online resources for parents:   

Find more outdoors activities for kids in San Antonio at: https://www.naturerockssanantonio.org/ 

Learn what plants grow best in San Antonio soil at: https://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/homehort/f4-best/