How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers

Bucklin-Sporer, Arden; Pringle, Rachel

ISBN 10: 1604690003 / ISBN 13: 9781604690002

Editore: Timber Press (OR), 2010

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1604690003I4N00

Riassunto:

A practical guide to creating a school garden offers strategies, lesson plans, to-do lists, design plans, and recipes to help teachers, parents, and administrators transform a neglected play space into a beautiful and nourishing outdoor classroom.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

“How to Grow a School Garden is a valuable tool for creating rich learning experiences and helping children reconnect to the natural world. The guide is comprehensive yet simple to follow and full of inspirational ideas.” —Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
 
“Finally, it’s here: a practical, concise blueprint for funding, building, planting, and maintaining a school garden. This book should be required reading for any teacher or parent who truly cares about raising a new generation of healthy eaters.” —Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer
 
“At a time when we are in grave danger of boring our naturally curious children with drill-and-kill memorization, here is a powerful hands-on guide that will make learning come alive in the living laboratories of school gardens. Bravo Arden and Rachel for improving the learning landscape, even as you are promoting our children’s health!” —Delaine Eastin, California Superintendent of Public Instruction
 
Although school gardens may be large or small, they answer kids’ biggest questions: Where does my food come from? Is nature important to me? Can I work with others to make a place that is beautiful and a source of pride? With this book, you can help kids reclaim a piece of neglected play yard and transform it into an ecologically rich garden that nourishes children, parents, teachers, and your community for years to come:

• Plan the project
• Raise funds
• Work with school staff and community
• Design and prepare the space
• Plant and harvest
• Teach in the garden classroom year round
• Cook with students in the garden 

Packed with strategies, to-do lists, detailed lesson plans, easy recipes, and tricks of the trade for grades K–8, this is the complete school-gardens handbook for parents, teachers, and administrators.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete ...
Casa editrice: Timber Press (OR)
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket