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Barbara Bush rightly said, “The home is the child’s first school.” A child’s basic education starts at home. Right from lisping conversations to picking up activities, it is completely affected by the kind of environment it is raised in. Therefore, it becomes inevitable for parents to give a right direction to the manner their home functions.

It is not about learning alphabets by rote or being handed books on various subjects. The horizon widens when parents involve themselves more into the household. This does not only prove beneficial for the child but also for the entire family on a lot of levels.

Home gardening is one such activity that involves every member of the house to contribute in their own way. It is a gardening or farming system for the family in their own garden space. And no wonder, it has a lot of benefits on individual, family and environmental level. Do you wonder why you should opt for it? We give you 9 reasons why you’d absolutely love it:

Fosters Family Bond

Gardening involves sharing. Starting a family garden promotes constructive communication, sharing of ideas and exchange of knowledge with the other members of the family. Therefore, it naturally helps the family in being well knit as they engage in an everyday activity.

Gives A Sense of Responsibility

Considering there are plants dependent on individuals, it is hard to ignore and not be involved when a life is at stake. Even if a certain member is ignorant, the family is the right push for the person to be involved and develop a sense of accountability.

Lowers Stress

Gardens are designed for serenity and according to a recent study in the Netherlands, they reduce stress and give an engaging mental pleasure. Gardening is considered as one of the best leisure activities. Studies also point out that inhaling M. vaccae, a healthy bacteria living in soil increase levels of serotonin, thereby reducing anxiety.

Develops Environmental Consciousness

A family supports biodiversity when it works in harmony with the environment. It increases environmental interest and awareness. With deteriorating environmental health, gardeners are adopting sustainable gardening options and learning new methods to nurture pollinators, birds and wildlife in general.

Acts As An Investment

Greens are both beautiful and beneficial. You are able to cut down a lot on your expenses by growing greens at home. Outdoor greens like Indian basil, bush beans, peppers, cabbage and lettuce and indoor plants like lemons, figs, apricots etc are sure to serve the purpose. Grow marigold as an add-on to drive the pests away.

Promotes Healthy Eating

Home grown fruits and vegetables is synonymous to adding more nutritional value to your diet. You eat more vegetables and fresh fruits. Moreover, you are in the know of what fertilizers and pesticides are coming in contact with your plants. Therefore, you can completely stave off the need of unwanted materials for your produce.

Teaches Life Lessons

The family learns a lot of life lessons like patience and scientific gardening methods. But most importantly, members learn the art of cooking which is substantial for sustenance. Gardening develops a habit of newer ways of consumption and thereby, helps develop the basic lesson of cooking.

Home gardening is not just a leisure pursuit but a great way to learn and grow together. The benefits go beyond food. So, make a beginning with the constructive activity for a healthier, happier life.

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If you enjoy playing fun, casual games with your family, in order to create memories that will last a lifetime, it’s well worth playing games with your family using Alexa. To discover a few Alexa games which are well worth playing with your family in the evenings, simply continue reading.

Alexa games family:

Alexa number game:

One simple game that is easy to learn but hard to beat is Alexa’s number game. In which you’ll be challenged to guess Alexa’s mystery number. Each time a member of your family makes a guess, Alexa will tell them if her chosen number is higher or lower than the number that they guessed. To play the number game as a family, take it in turns to guess Alexa’s mystery number. The winner of each game is the first individual in your family to successfully guess the number that Alexa is thinking of. While the number game may seem like a fairly simple game, you’ll be surprised at just how addicting it is to play.

True or false:

To get Alexa to play true or false with your family, simply say “Alexa play true or false”. In true or false Alexa will give you a series of random facts about the world. The object of true or false is to correctly guess whether the statement which Alexa has just told you is true or false. Again, make sure to take it in turns to answer Alexa’s fun trivia questions. You may want to play true or false with knockout rules that specify that if a family member gets an answer wrong, that they’ll be eliminated from that particular game. So that you’ll eventually be left with a single winner.

If you’re worried that you’ll start to be able to memorize all the answers to the questions which Alexa asks you, don’t worry as new questions are added to true or false on a weekly basis. So there’s no way of memorizing every single answer.

Twenty Questions:

Twenty questions is another fun classic game, that your family will enjoy playing with Alexa. As you may have guessed Alexa will think of a random animal, vegetable, mineral or musical related item. Your job as a family will be to take it in turns to figure out what item Alexa is thinking of within 21 questions. Remember that you can only ask Alexa simple yes or no questions. If your family succesfully figures out the item Alexa is thinking of, your family wins the game. While if you fail to correctly guess the item which Alexa is thinking of within 21 questions, your family will lose the game and Alexa will win the game.

Song Quiz:

One fun family friendly game which is worth playing is Song Quiz. That will challenge your family to guess the song names of famous songs from the 2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s and 70s.

So if your kids love playing family friendly games with Alexa as a family, it’s well worth grabbing your kids and testing out a few of the fun guessing games which are listed above.