We're off to a great start for Session Three in the garden. We went over the rules on how to stay safe and have fun while in the school garden.
This session is a bit different than the others. We're trying something new and allowing the students to choose how they'd like to spend their time after school rather than being directed towards specific activities at specific times. Now, they can choose to assist with the garden (planting, weeding, harvesting) or participate in the activity of the day (painting bird houses, pressing flowers, garden scavenger hunt, labeling the parts of a plant, etc.), or (thanks to our sponsors) select something from the "free play" bin (garden-themed books, blank journals, magnifying glasses, art supplies, garden bingo, etc.). This type of open (yet supervised) structure seemed to work well and everyone had a great time.
In the Garden: We harvested some lettuce that the bunnies had munched on and planted radish seeds and sunflowers. In addtion to the two "covered" boxes, we also constructed (w/o the kids) a plastic mesh barrier for one of the boxes, which seems to be working.
Activity: The kids decorated plastic flower pots and planted pansies in them to take home the following week. Thank you to the PTA for donating the pots and paint.
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