Watering Plants

Aishah loves watering plants. It's the easiest way to occupy her when we're playing outdoors. Since we have a large garden at home, she can spend a significant amount of time watering the plants there.

I bought the watering can at Giant for less than RM10 (can't remember the exact price). The size is just nice, perfect for a preschooler to carry around. A great activity as it not only entertains her, she's also helping me doing a house chore along the way! What a win-win situation :)

Of course, don't forget to put in learning elements in the activity. Other than teaching her how to water plants correctly i.e. pour the water on the ground, not on the leaves (they have the tendency to do that), it's a great opportunity to educate her about the concept of living things and Allah as the Creator. I discussed with Aishah about how every living things need water to live, just like us, and how Allah has made a built-in watering system in the earth through rain and the water cycle.

I have a book entitled 'Terima Kasih Allah' published by Ana Muslim, which I highly recommend for you to share with your kids. It's one of the favourite bedtime story for the girls. The book describes about the wind, sun, rain and land, created by Allah for the benefit of mankind. Aishah has already been introduced to the concept of water cycle through the book before, so this activity is the real life practical implementation of the concept for her to see.