Today we learn while having fun with the garden quiz! The activity is geared to children aged 4 to 6.

The activity can be done as a family where everyone is involved in finding the answers and the parents can check off the answers chosen by the team. Older children can also help the little ones, thus fostering mutual aid and sharing of knowledge.

Step 1 : Preparation 

The quiz is online on Kahoot. You can take the quiz on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

Prepare your electronic device and workspace. You can play at the kitchen table or by plugging the computer into the TV for a better view of the pictures.

Step 2 : A reward for the winner

Decide on a reward as a family for the winner. It can range from a larger share of dessert to a break from chores. If you don’t like competition, you can always offer a reward to all participants. For example, a big bowl of popcorn for everyone at the family movie night or a picnic in the living room for dinner.

The rules are really up to you!

Step 3 : Game on!

Click here to participate. 

Or to access the quiz from the Kahoot website click here!, Here is the pin to play: 03861031. 

Have fun answering the quiz questions. Who will be the fastest?

Start the Quiz!

Diary

On today’s logbook page, kids can document their favorite activity of the day. For example, drawing an animal from the quiz or describing the emotions experienced during the activity. The possibilities are limitless!

If your child is documenting alone, you are invited to ask him or her questions to feed and improve the journal entry. Here are some questions you can ask:

  • What did you learn during the quiz?  
  • What is your favorite fruit and why?   
  • What did you prefer about this activity? 

Did you know… 

  • … Not all species of frogs lay eggs? But, in the great majority of them, the male perched on the back of the female fertilizes the eggs as she expels them. Some lay up to 20,000 eggs!
  • … The birds in our gardens are divided into 3 large families? Granivores, those that eat seeds. Insectivores, those who like to eat insects, but also seeds in winter. Then, omnivores, they are the most gluttons, who eat just about anything.
  • … Bees can carry around half their weight in pollen?

Furthermore, did you know that it is possible to help bees not to disappear? Some scientists have predicted their extinction, which would be catastrophic for us humans.

To help save them, we can make certain simple gestures, like consuming local honey to help beekeepers (and honey producers), avoid use insecticides and herbicides at all cost, and of course grow their favorite plants!

To attract them, we should chose wild native flowers and organic seeds. Bees also play an important role in the vegetable and fruit garden. We should therefore chose fruits and vegetables whose flowers they love: melons, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers… To find out more, click here . 

Activity by Matante Claudette.