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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 GardensTeaching 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  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
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