Kids aren't the only thing growing in my classroom these days. We're getting our hands dirty playing with soil, worms, and all things green and flowery.
I usually plant a seed or two over the course of a kindergarten year, but this year the project has gotten bigger than ever.
It all started with a letter I received in the mail from my neighborhood park association. The school where I work, and the neighborhood I live in are one in the same. The park association is fixing up our park, adding new play ground equipment, and generally making it a safer and prettier place to play.
Within this park lies a tennis court...well at least what used to be a tennis court, but now is home to a beautiful community garden!
The wheels in my head started spinning. The park is in walking distance to our school. So why not turn this into a kindergarten project?
I approached one of our fifth grade teachers thinking that this would make an excellent collaborative project, mostly because the thought of marching 18, 5 and 6 year-old children down to the park alone was a little overwhelming. So now not only do we have Reading Buddies, we have Garden Buddies too!
So I secured my 4 raised beds, bought some seeds, pots and dirt and let them go at it!
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Our garden center, with directions it's become pretty independent. |
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garden word wall, portable of course! |
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Our Little Nursery |
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Waiting to Sprout |
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Cherry Tomatoes! |
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I'm hoping to get something planted into our garden beds sometime this week or next, I'm just waiting for some warm weather so our little sprouts will be warm and sunny!
I can't wait to see what pops up!
3 comments:
awesome! I love how school gardens are taking over :)
What a nice opportunity for your babies. Sadly, I can't get past the fact that you only have 18 kids. Last year, I had 38 in my class, with NO help, whatsoever. I'm a bit envious.
I love you garden project! We have a school spirit garden and we grew and grew lettuce this year!
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