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Welcome 5
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0-1: A Welcome Note from Victoria 30 minLecture1.1
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0-2: Good Things to Know 30 minLecture1.2
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0-3: Why Literacy Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Literacy Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Outdoors 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Gardens that Feed 5
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1-1: Welcome to The Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture2.2
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1-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture2.3
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1-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture2.4
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1-5: Harvest Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits 30 minLecture2.5
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Module 2: Gardens Inspired by Themes 5
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2-1: Welcome to The Gardens Inspired by Themes 30 minLecture3.1
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2-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture3.2
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2-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture3.3
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2-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture3.4
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2-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture3.5
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Module 3: Gardens that Attract Wildlife 5
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3-1: Welcome The Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture4.2
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3-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture4.3
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3-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture4.4
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3-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture4.5
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Module 4: Gardens for Beauty and Art 5
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4-1: Welcome to The Gardens for Beauty and Art 30 minLecture5.1
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4-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture5.2
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4-3: Plant Ideas 30 minLecture5.3
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4-4: Grow Activities 30 minLecture5.4
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4-5: Harvest Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture5.5
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8 Comments
Because I am also thinking about adults, I might work this into ideas on how to save seeds. It’s a big part of what gardeners do, it’s historically important, it connects to historical ideas of travel/plant introduction/invasive, and it’s vital knowledge for the entire planet. Plus there is that cool underground storage in Norway, just in case.
Sounds fabulous! Lot’s of resources!
I love this story, but I’m afraid it is way beyond the level of my 3 and 4 year olds, for the most part; probably beyond my 5 year olds as well. For one thing, it’s just too long for the attention span I’m accustomed to working with… and for another, it references a point and a person in time that these young ones would have difficulty grasping. BUT… I think I might be able to re-work it (as preschool teachers often do!), inserting explanatory material and rephrasing where necessary, and most likely, breaking it down into “chapters” so that we might read it together over a period of several days, each day beginning with a quick review/reminder of what we had read and learned the day before.
Our discussions might include questions about varieties or “families” of peas and other vegetables and fruits. I have found over the years that children often relate to categories such as animals and foods and even quite inanimate things when you put them into “families,” something they already understand. I have often told kids that such-and-such a thing is a “cousin” of something else, and they nod – they get that!
This would also work when distributing plants into groups such as leaves, roots, and fruit, of course.
There is a lot of great info here about planning and implementing strategies for successful garden outcomes, and also promotes the value of doing further research to improve your understanding and knowledge.
I also really see the value in this story of reading about children cooperating and collaborating, in spite of wanting to win a competition. It’s good for kids to see that wanting to win doesn’t always translate into winning, despite your best efforts, and that you can be gracious and supportive of your peers throughout the process. (Great CSEFEL / Pyramid stuff, if your school is into that!)
Absolutely brilliant! Your reflections are exactly what I was hoping to see. Looking at books with a new lens and making it age appropriate is the aim. Love all your ideas for extensions for younger children. If reading the book is too much for your age group, don’t hesitate to simply “read” the pictures and talk about the story. I like this book because there are so many extension activities. Fantastic reflections.
A few thoughts of activities to expand on the book:
-a pre-literacy sequencing activity where you have to make a book of the seed, roots, seedling and then final plant
-a sort of veggies that that are roots, leaves, and fruits where each child picks a picture of a veggie out of a hat/bag and then has to decide what group it fits in.
-we’ve had “pea olympics” where we record every few days how high each pea plant grew and the plant got the “gold medal” but the whole group helped to care for all the pea plants so it was a more neutral/friendly competition
Love these extension ideas! I like the pea Olympics idea and the plant getting the “gold medal”. Great ideas!
With my younger children I would ask what did they plant, then ask if they new the names of some of the varieties. I would also ask what they would want to try in our garden that they learned from the book.
Have to see if my library has this book.
Terrific! I love this book!