This activity incorporates Common Core learning standards for English in your garden planning! In this lesson, students will use a variety of strategies to convince their peers to choose a given theme for the school garden. Written for grades 4-6. View Resource »
Children’s Literature
This expansive list of children’s literature (600 entries!) can be sorted by title, subject, or reading level so you can find exactly what you and your students are looking for. The books cover topics on gardening, food, farms, and cooking. View Resource »
Growing Poems
From KidsGardening.org, this lesson encourages students to develop more diverse ways of describing everyday objects, processes, and events. The activity comes with a garden-based lesson for grades 2-8 but can easily be adapted for other ages. View Resource »
Nature Journaling
Sit down and look around. Make a list or draw a picture of what you see. Write down what you are feeling and your thoughts. Write a poem. Collect fallen leaves to press in your notebook. There is no right way to make a nature journal, so it’s a great activity for people of any age. Musings can be shared in the classroom or at home! View Resource »
Telling Your Garden Story
Every garden is ripe with stories. Maybe it is one about the day the first shovel-full of soil was turned over and the garden was underway. Or about that time a brave rabbit dared to sample lettuce amidst a class of kindergartners partaking in a garden lesson. Each story has the potential to connect others with your garden and garden program. This brief offers tips for collecting and sharing the garden stories that make your garden program so special. Download Brief »
