These are all quick, easy, and highly engaging activities that require minimal preparation. From searching for the colors of the rainbow to making jewelry from flowers, the activities featured in these videos can be done again and again, with kids seeing and learning new things each time they do them. View Resource »
Back Pocket Activities for your Back Pocket
This out-in-the-garden, on-your-feet reference lists garden activities that can be done either moving around the garden or in a learning circle nearby. Enough text to spark ideas, yet short enough to read on the go. Can be folded in half to make a two-sided mini-guide that literally fits into your back pocket! View Resource »
Growing Healthy Children
Growing Healthy Children is a toolkit for garden-based nutrition education. This at-a-glance guide includes activity cards with nutrition lessons and resources for your classroom, cafeteria, or in the garden itself. Activities are supported by research from the field and success stories from Wisconsin schools. Growing Healthy Children was co-written by WSGI, the Oneida County Health Department, Northwoods LEAN, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. View Resource »
Favorite Garden Lessons and Activities
All educators know the importance of having a selection of lessons and activities at their fingertips. Quick access to lessons that can teach key concepts to various group sizes and activities that enthrall students of diverse ages are always in demand, no matter the classroom setting. Let this brief be your reference for garden activities and lessons that you will use again and again. From garden necklaces to seed art, it’s all right here! Download Brief »
Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit
This garden-based nutrition education curriculum from the USDA was developed for use at childcare and early education site. Each set of lessons contains: hands-on activities, planting activities, and nutrition education activities that introduce MyPlate. View Resource »