El Nuevo Sol Learning Garden/Lesson Plan 5

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
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| Cite as | Daw27 (2008–2025). "El Nuevo Sol Learning Garden/Lesson Plan 5". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |