A giant pumpkin on the terrace, hollyhocks and sunflowers growing on the roof, calico popcorn and heirloom beans--these are not the only new things growing in the garden.
This year I'll be using Portable C for some of my lessons--so we won't have to crowd into the hallway to see a video about composting, or take over the staff room to learn the life cycle of a brassica. I'm looking forward to using microscopes to show students the compost makers in the soil (it's not just worms!), more lessons with magnifying lenses, weights measures, and even lessons on energy use, as well as nutrition, gardening, and math and science lessons that extend the classroom learning.
Class sizes are bigger this year; if you are available to help during garden time, let your child's teacher know, or let me know. The teachers have the schedule of when garden time will be for each class, and I will post it here soon.
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