Looking for great ways to engage young children around gardening and cooking? This resource has great ideas for families and early care educators for getting started. View Resource »
How do I Start an Educational Greenhouse at School?
The United States Botanic Garden released a new manual for educators on how to start a greenhouse and grow horticultural crops. The manual lays out a basic understanding of greenhouses, how to integrate greenhouses into lessons, and how to use greenhouses in classroom curricula and after-school activities. View Resource »
Farmers’ Market Activity Ideas for Young Children
Check out this activity guide to enhance learning opportunities for young children before, during, and after a farmers’ market visit. This resource is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. View Resource »
Nutrition to Grow On
Nutrition to Grow On is an innovative curriculum for grades four through six that offers teachers a direct link between the garden and nutrition education. Nine lessons are designed to teach children and their families about nutrition by relating each lesson to a garden activity. The curriculum uses the garden to integrate disciplines, including science, mathematics, language arts, history, environmental studies, nutrition, and health. This curriculum has been adapted to reinforce some of the California academic content standards but can be applied to Wisconsin! View Resource»
Got Veggies? ECE Edition!
This ECE edition builds on the lessons and activities in the original Got Veggies? by adopting them to meet best practices for the early care and education setting. Each of the four themes and two á la carte activities in Got Veggies? ECE Edition! are aligned to the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards and offer concepts and tools developmentally appropriate for children aged five and under. View Resource »
