El Nuevo Sol Learning Garden/Lesson Plan 6

Garden Goal: Weed Garden

Teaching Goal: Teach english names of vegetables that are in garden

A: Sit quietly with eyes closed for two minutes and try to hear the birds

A: Put cutouts of vegetables on popsicle sticks (tomato, avocado, pepper, squash, grapes, apple, carrot, and garden)

B: Say spanish name and english name

C: Have the children repeat the names in spanish and pass around cutouts so that they can look at them

A: Sit in circle and talk about why it's good to recycle

i- because you don't need to buy more things

ii- its good for the environment

B: Talk about why it's good to grow things organically

i- its good for your health

ii- its good for the environment

• Vegetable cutout
• Popsicle sticks
• Garden tools for weeding