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A GARDEN PROJECT AT SCHOOL

vegetable garden

School vegetable gardens are a great way for children to learn about where their food comes from and to get them excited about eating fresh vegetables. 

It is also a chance to learn outdoors!

 

Urban Seedling  help our school plan, build, plant, and maintain a school vegetable garden. 

We involve students  in our planting workshops. 

 A vegetable garden is a great way to build ties between children, 

parents and teachers, and within the community.

 

Benefits of School Vegetable Gardens

Teaching Tools:

 

*Increase knowledge of nature and plant growth

*Positive social interactions around the garden

*Promotion of healthy development

*Increasing consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

*New producer-consumer relationships

*The role of agriculture in the children’s lives (food chain)

*Cultural and personal integration

*Reduction of behavioral problems

 

Possible activities:

 

*Seedlings and germination of seeds

*Transplanting, calendar and seasons

*Planning the garden

*Planting

*Composting

*The web of biodiversity

*Magic potions and homemade gardening solutions

*Herb box in the classroom

*Identification and observation of leaves

*Art work, mural, mosaic, poster, scarecrow, “land art”

*Parts of the plant

*Plant families

*Diversity of shapes and colours

*Traditional foods and dishes throughout the seasons
 
 

 

Let's start watching a cute little  story about Sid, a seed, who lives underground...written and illustrated by Daniel R. Pagan

 

 

Now it's time to learn a planting song 

 


 

 We can learn in English the part of a plant with this rap

 

  

At Grade 1 we work on the parts of a lant in this sheet

 

http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf_pdf/Label-The-Plant-Parts.pdf

 

 

And  then  in Grade 1 A  we have  learned a new song, the title is "I eat fruit"


And we have created a big Spring mural, using the plastic bottle tops
 
spring is here mural
 
 
In grade 6 we were working on some a plant cloze challenge, a wordsearch and ...
 
 
 
We made groups  in a collaborative way and   create some murals about what we eat
 
 
 
  And here are our murals in a big poster
 
 we eat the mural

 

 



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