Goals[edit | edit source]
Garden Goal: Plant Crates
Teaching Goal: Review important concepts
Activities[edit | edit source]
Relaxation Activity (5 minutes)[edit | edit source]
A: Sit quietly in circle with eyes closed and try to hear the birds
Review (15 minutes)[edit | edit source]
A: What a garden needs (time, speace, good soil, water, sun, love)
B: Nutrition
A Good Garden Versus a Bad Garden (40 minutes)[edit | edit source]
A: Have the children draw pictures of a good garden and of a bad garden
B: Talk with them (individually) what the difference is and why they put different things in their pictures
Plant Crates! (1 hour)[edit | edit source]
A: Have the children get with their partners and go stand next to their crates
B: Have them fill up their crates with soil
C: Allow the children to choose their plants and to transplant them into the crates
D: Water plants
Supplies[edit | edit source]
- Crates lined with bags
- soil
- plants
- blank paper
- markers
