Garden Goal: Plant Crates
Teaching Goal: Review important concepts
1) Relaxation Activity (5 minutes)
A: Sit quietly in circle with eyes closed and try to hear the birds
2) Review (15 minutes)
A: What a garden needs (time, speace, good soil, water, sun, love)
B: Nutrition
3) A Good Garden Versus a Bad Garden (40 minutes)
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
4) Plant Crates! (1 hour)
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: Crates lined with bags, soil, plants, blank paper, markers