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Welcome 5
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0-1: 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 Math Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Math Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Your Mini Math Outdoors Kit 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Math Gardens that Feed 7
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1-0: Welcome to Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-1: Time 30 minLecture2.2
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1-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry 30 minLecture2.3
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1-3: Numbers 30 minLecture2.4
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1-4 : Measurement 30 minLecture2.5
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1-5: Data Collection 30 minLecture2.6
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1-6: A Growing Math Garden that FeedsLecture2.7
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Module 2: Math Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations 8
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2-0: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations 30 minLecture3.1
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2-1: Time: Sun Dial 30 minLecture3.2
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2-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry: Music Gardens 30 minLecture3.3
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2-3: Numbers: Miniature Gardens 30 minLecture3.4
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2-4: Measurement: Mud Kitchens 30 minLecture3.5
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2-5: Data Collection: Water Wall 30 minLecture3.6
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2-6: A Growing Garden of Outdoor Learning StationsLecture3.7
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LIVE WORKSHOP #1Lecture3.8
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Module 3: Math Gardens that Attract Wildlife 6
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3:0: Welcome to Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-1: Time and Food for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.2
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3-2: Patterns, Shapes and Symmetry & Cover for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.3
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3-3: Numbers and Water for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.4
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3-4: Measurement and Places to Raise Young Wildlife 30 minLecture4.5
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3-5: Data Collection and Sustainable Practices for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.6
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Module 4: Math Gardens for Art and Beauty 7
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4-0: Welcome to Gardens for Art and Beauty 30 minLecture5.1
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4-1: Time & Labyrinths 30 minLecture5.2
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4-2: Patterns, Shapes, and Symmetry & The Flower Garden 30 minLecture5.3
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4-3: Numbers & Art in the Garden 30 minLecture5.4
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4-4: Measurement & Sculpture 30 minLecture5.5
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4-5: Data Collection & Performance Stages 30 minLecture5.6
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LIVE WORKSHOP #2Lecture5.7
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40 Comments
Making number poster cards with popsicle stick attached to the back is definitely a great idea. I also enjoy making number spinning wheels.
My kids are really young and they love the rhyming style of books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 1 2 3. I’m going to make some of the number signs and have the kids help me find places to ‘plant’ them!!
LOVE THIS! SO SIMPLE!
The number book is great because it connects literacy with a picture and helps with fine fb motor skills. The obvious activity for me would be the food garden, where the children can pick their own good. If we have little cherry tomatoes on the vine, each child gets to pick that number for their age and count them out at the same time.
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I do not have a favorite counting garden book YET but we do have a collection of sticks rocks and shells we collected on walks that we use for making shapes and counting this has been a fun activity for my son.
Today before even seeing this part of the outdoor math number I was playing around with the ideas of how to incorporate numbers into my garden. I’ve decided to attach or paint them on the wooden fence that runs behind the gardening plants, much like a number road. I like the unexpected and whimsical of putting the tire in the garden to grow the beans. I’ve been looking for a solution for the pole beans, I may have found it.
YIPPPEEEE!!! Great job.
A book I like to read with the children is We Are the Gardeners. By Joanna Gaines and Secrets of a Vegetable Garden by Carron Brown.
We Are the Gardeners tells a story of challenges and successes of a family trying to garden.
Secrets of a Vegetable Garden is about everything in the garden including the animals and insects.
Love these resources! Thanks for sharing.
my favorite activity is creating a math book. I love connecting language and literacy in all areas.
Awesome!
I really like the idea of the Garden counting book. I plan to create one while I am at home for use when I finally get to see the children again. Nature photos are so beautiful and inspiring!
I plan to share the book with the children and maybe they can help to create more pages by representing the nature item that is in the book or creating their own representation of a number (such as drawing six apples or writing the number 6). We could use the book to find similar nature items at school to make some connections.
Great ideas!
My favorite children’s books about numbers in a garden is called “Ten Seeds” by Ruth brown because it shows the different “helpers” that get the seeds into the soil such as ants, pigeons, etc. since it isn’t always people planting the seeds. I like the idea of using those house numbers to put into different sections of the garden and I think I could even adapt it more for my children and put the colored orange circle stickers you can buy underneath each of the numbers so we could work on counting the dots to figure out what number it is.
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Once again I love the idea of connecting literacy! I can’t wait to check out the books and share them with my class.
Awesome…is there a way to share the books with the kids now?
I’ve been recording read alouds and finding audio books and other read alouds for families. We are not allowed to let families borrow books right now because of contamination.
Awesome!!
In My Garden by Ward Schumaker is a lovely counting book. Progressing upwards, the last page shows 233 peas all numbered. I have one counting whiz that this is perfect for. Love the idea of “planting” numbers throughout the garden.
So many fun ideas!!!
I really like the idea of making a garden book. As I mentioned earlier, my class loves to draw. Also, painting the numbers on natural elements is a good idea…I try to incorporate as much natural material as I can in my classroom.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is great for this section as well.
Try to think of ways that you can share these ideas and lessons with your kids now virtually.
What fun activities! I like the idea of adding numbers into the garden beds or containers and counting different veggies and plants in the garden.
I wanted to share my favorite garden book that includes counting. It’s Counting in the garden by Kim Parker. I love the illustrations and I use this book every year in my class!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXuW4K2odU
I always believe we are each others best resource. Thanks for sharing the book recommendation!
We took The Very Hungry Caterpillar story and decided to make a class book, but change it to The Very Healthy Caterpillar. Each child chose a veggie or fruit to print with and were assigned a number for the amount of prints to make. When dry, they each wrote the number and word to accompany their printing. I wrote the rest of the words to make the story flow like in the book. We bound it and put it on the book shelf in our classroom.
I love this. I especially love that you created a bound book. 🙂 Kuddos to you!
During the fall months my class dissected pumpkins they studied the symmetry and counted the seeds. It was amazing to see their faces when a small pumpkin was sliced in half, especially the slightly rotten one. Once it was sliced in half we cut it into quarters and discussed how the pieces were the same but now their were more of them and how that number could keep going. Just the counting out load was such a fun activity.
So many activities that can happen from a pumpkin! Thrilled the kids loved it!
Our preschool playground is still growing a hearty brussels sprout plant. There are small sprouts on the plant that we harvested. The children had an opportunity to taste them and then report if they liked them. We made a chart with that information.
I am eager to look into From the Garden and purchase some store bought veggies to graph which ones the kids enjoy/didn’t enjoy. I hope to be able to plant them in the spring, or even grow some in the classroom during the winter.
Wonderful!! How much fun it is to have a hearty brussel sprout plant! So much fun. Looking forward to hearing about the graphing project.
We are going to plant kale seeds in our winter box in the greenhouse the kids are fascinated at how small the seeds are and then when I show them a picture of what its going to look like!!! They just love to dig in the dirt! I remember how much I did too when I was little! I ordered the book from the library to share with the children. Also the children enjoyed making apple sauce the other day cutting the apples into halves then quarters. Then at the ended we put the apples through the ricer cranking the handle to finally get to taste our yummy applesauce!!
So many wonderful math lessons here! What stands out most for me is the hands-on experiences that are offered. I can just imagine the conversations with the children. Exploring tiny seeds that grow into something large to eat. Making something juicy and saucy out of something hard. Love what you are doing with the seeds of inspiration.
I love the idea of incorporating literacy into our garden/math lessons. I hope to use “From the Garden” as a way to start introducing counting throughout our units. With our pumpkin unit, my students are counting the seeds in the pumpkin. I am also planning to number the stations around the room where the pumpkins are so that the students can later compare the number of seeds in each pumpkin. (Example- “I noticed that pumpkin #1 had 130 seeds, but pumpkin #2 only had 100.)
You’ve got it! The way you are setting up the room invites children to use Math vocabulary. Brilliant. I can’t wait to see how you use “From the Garden.” Keep me posted. If you have any pictures…please post. It sounds fantastic.
I really enjoyed looking at the two books you recommended – thank you Victoria ! While looking at From the Garden, I spotted a book that I loved when my kids were little. It’s called Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. I think it has lots of potential for teaching math concepts. And,it definitely inspires kids (and grown-ups) to plant a garden !
Thanks for sharing Kerlin! Thrilled you enjoyed the books. Love how children’s books can inspire learning and teaching in the garden. 🙂
Love the book Apple Farmer Annie, we read it and use it a lot in the fall to discuss harvest time and math.
Yea! Another fan! Do you have any favorite children’s books about Numbers in the Veggie garden? So much fun! 🙂