Garden Gratitude

Using Our Senses!

Activity: This week in the garden, the students made gratitude flags that we will string up in the garden. It was a way of them to stop and think about what they are grateful in their lives while adding some colorful to the garden.

Being Grateful

In the Garden: We work on sprucing up our "Sensory Garden" and discussed what it has and what it needs:

• Sight: Colorful flowers
• Sound: Wind chimes, bird feeder, plants to attract butterflies
• Touch: Smooth and prickly plants
• Taste: A variety of herbs, edible flowers
• Smell: Lavendar and herbs

We also used our senses for a blind taste test. The kids were each given a vegetable that they had to identify without looking at it. They got to touch, smell, and taste it. This was fun for the kids and some of them learned that they liked things they didn't know they liked (mushrooms, tomatoes, kiwi).

Recycling in the Garden

On Monday, Jan. 30, we learned about how to use reduce, reuse, and recycling. We had a guest speaker, Michelle Clark, from Waste Management, discuss recycling with the kids. She gave the kids eco-themed silly bands and water wise seeds to plant.

In the Garden: We picked the wild mint, which tends to take over the garden...continual weeding task.