We create opportunities for kids to learn though gardening, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder by providing inspiration, community know-how and resources.
Standards-based nutrition education from the ground up.
his program will offer schools the opportunity to serve NH grown vegetables and fruits each month in the cafeteria and classrooms will have complementary activities and readings they can do. The program will be pilot tested in the Monadnock Region in school year 2016-2017 followed by a state roll out of the program in school year 2017-2018.
This guide contains 31 plant–science based lessons that assist in embedding its content into the classroom. All lessons are correlated to core curriculum concepts and Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in science, social studies, language arts, math and nutrition. The subjects of this guide - plants, gardening and food - inspire a natural curiosity in students and lead to incredible hands-on opportunities and experiential learning.
Pre School
Cultivating Joy and Wonder
Science Education through Gardening
Food Foundations
Early Sprouts
Farm to Childcare
Cycles in the Garden
Plant and Animal Life Cycles
Second Grade
Food Traditions, Plant Life Cycle
Third Grade
Local Agriculture and Culinary History
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Dig In! Standards Based Nutrition Education from the Ground Up