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A New Children's Sensory Herb Garden Grows in Dix Hills!

The atmosphere was pure delight on a recent sunny day at The Chai Center in Dix Hills. Despite forecasts of rain, the sun shone on the children, parents, some grandparents and the staff of the Chai Center Preschool as all enjoyed Field Day festivities in the center’s Certified Outdoor Nature Explore Classroom.                                                                                                                                                                       Two of the highlights of the event were the newly planted Children’s Sensory Herb Gardens and the Nature Finds Pizza Box Mosaics that the children and parents created together.                                                    The three newly planted sensory herb gardens were planted by class, the 2 year old class planted a Scent and Color Garden, The 3 year olds a Kitchen Garden and the Pre-K class planted a Pizza Garden! All of the gardens contain herb plants that are edible, beautifully scented, colorful, and hardy enough to stand up to dozens of touches and pinches for tasting from curious little fingers! The classes will all be using clippings from their respective gardens for end of the year culinary delights and wonderfully scented crafts.                                                                                                                                                                                       Our Nature Finds Mosaics were also a great hit, the children collected and chose assortments of twigs, pine cones, seashells, flower petals, bark and leaves that they, along with their parents set in a sand, glitter and glue mixture in a 10 inch pizza box. Once set and removed from their boxes they became beautiful, permanent plaques, filled with memories of a day full of fun with loved ones. 

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