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Little Garden League 20 Reviews

4.8 Rating 2,265 Reviews
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We learnt the Te Reo Maori names for many vegetables; We learnt about the life cycle of various plants; we painted pictures based on vegetables; we used a vegetable shop context for maths work on money.
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will monitor the growth of our vegetable plants - links to science. Measuring the plants - maths.
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We consolidated our understanding that it is important to eat a wide range of vegetables and why they are important for health.
My class of 5, 6 and 7 year olds loved being part of the Little Garden League. They particularly enjoyed cracking the codes which came through each week. We learnt about different vegetables, tried vegetables in baking and wrote stories with vegetables as characters. We will eventually plant our seedlings in a vegetable patch next to our classroom.
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Posted 4 years ago
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Sustainability. Past and Present, learning about our culture, times for planting, (Matariki), working together as a family/group/classroom/school/community. Measurement. reading and writing
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Caring for the soil, and plants in a safe and natural way. Plants not only for food but medicines (Rongoa) as well. Life cycles and our planet (environment) The 5 senses - havesting, cooking. Replanting Cultures across the world - land, enviroment, w
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? For our students it was being a part of growing the plants from seedlings, which seems to give them a greater appreciation for health eating. Can't wait for them to taste the huge variety we are growing, and maybe do some little master chief classes. From
Thank you so much for this fantastic experience. I have yr3 and yr4 students. We made the whole thing a fun and exciting time for our students, who are loving taking very good care of their seedlings. It is such an awesome way to introduce to some of our students who do not get the experience of growing food. Because growing food is going to be ongoing in our school, hopefully it will be something our tamariki will continue to do later on in life. Times are changing and our children need to learn the knowledge of some important life skills now. From Room 5 and Room 4 at Rotorua Primary, we all thank you.
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This linked into our spring unit really well- looking at what plants need and why spring is so busy.
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using the plants to take home and grow the vegetables in their own garden -
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked more about the colours of the veggies. Tasted the herbs in the school garden - they were more likely to give it a go and have a taste.
This was fun and exciting for our tamariki. They especially enjoyed watching the seeds sprout - causing lots of debating about ‘who was bigger’ ‘whose grew the fastest’ so thank you.
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? stimulus for writing children received letters (written by the teacher) from the Little Garden League and wrote back to them Maori - chn connected with tikanga and thanked Papatuanuku for the abundance of food she provides Movement / drama - r
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sunflower seeds - will grow, collect seeds, make seed packets, give as gifts
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children are more aware of plant based foods and where the foods they eat and cook with come from. - more willing to try foods (even though "; I don't eat vegetables";) that they have grown and nurtured themselves discussion about the freshness of
The kids were very excited to receive the kit before they were released in the supermarket.
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Everything!! Caring, responsibility, respecting our environment, writing, science...endless!
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Knowing more about seasons and how they are important for growing. Having a larger garden to grow for our community. Thank you.
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Knowing where their food comes from in its RAW state. Knowing we can grow our own, and not just buy. We can eat veg raw and cooked.
The little garden kit is fantastic! The lesson progressions and planning were really easy to follow and took very time (super important!) The kids were so excited as we opened the box to find all the goodies inside. This has lead to a great inquiry about what plants need to grow and more children encouraging their families at home to start something of their own. Such a great resource to inspire little minds. Thank you so much!
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Bees / Insects / Flowers - Inquiry Writing - Parts of Bees / Pollination Reading - recipes Art
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are planning a trip to the Botanical Gardens next term, more baking and cooking and a Teddy Bear's picnic with some of the healthy foods we have made. Extend onto insects, healthy eating, nutrition, bees, flowers, plants, pollination.
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit has made students recognise and talk about what healthy eating looks like. We have tried many recipes and explored different meals that we eat that have vegetables in them. It is relevant and engaging.
It is such a fun, engaging topic for students to learn about! There is so many avenues and teaching moments to explore too. Great resources sent! Can't believe it is free!!
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We learnt the vegetable names and also counted how many pot we have in our garden. We also drew pictures of our garden. In this learning experience, we included literacy, numeracy and art learning.
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We can extend to our writing of our harvest of the vegetables and how we cook it. We can also link this to science exploration of how seeds grow into vegetables .
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learnt the importance of eating vegetables.
The little garden Kit is awesome. Our students enjoy watching the soil expanding and planting the seeds. They were so excited to see the seeds sprout out. They took them home and planted in their garden.
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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? As mentioned before , the kit has provided a launch pad for discussion on knowing your strengths and weaknesses, it has also crossed over into Nature Study in learning about the needs of plants and human beings in the form of healthy food and also the ski
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? When our plants get a little bigger (covid lockdown delayed things a bit) our future learning will be about planting out into the garden, caring for the plants and eating the produce with our school lunches. The children as so excited seeing their plants
In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a lively discussion about what food was healthy and what food was not. Straight away the children named fruit and vegetables as being healthy and other high sugar and high fat food groups as being unhealthy. What this kit has been great for is incr
The kit has prompted many discussions in the class. Being Yr 1's they had many questions about what a league was, what a pledge was and especially how they might be more willing to try new things to eat. They loved filling in the questionnaire on their application form to join the league, and tis in itself prompted many in depth discussions about character and knowing your strengths and weaknesses.
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Posted 4 years ago