Through the Seasons
Through the Seasons not only provides lessons on what grows in certain seasons it also includes many easy kid oriented recipes. From certain recipes for Halloween to spring rainbow sandwiches this book has it all!
Curriculum
Growing Food
How do you keep children engaged in your science lesson? The answer includes food and hands on activities! In Growing Food teachers are presented with lesson plans and student activity sheets to teach children about food systems through using hands on activities and food.
Gardening Wizardry for Kids
In this book children are encouraged to be both inquisitive, creative, and hands on. Gardening for Kids teaches children about the scientific aspect of gardening, but also makes it fun. There are many craft ideas, stories, and gardening ideas to keep children engaged.
Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning
This book has numerous ideas for school projects, from school composting to native plant gardens. There are more than a dozen ideas for school gardens. The book also includes outdoor classroom activities for teachers to use with their lessons.
Grow Lab: Activities for Growing Minds
In Grow Lab, teachers are shown ways in which to use nature in their everyday lesson plans.
Grow Lab: A Complete Guide to Gardening in the Classroom
In Grow Lab teachers learn how to build, feed, and support a garden in the classroom. It not only gives you step by step instructions it also shows teachers ways in which to incorporate the garden in their lessons.
French Fries and the Food System
This seasonal curriculum was developed on behalf of The Food Project in Lincoln and Roxbury, MA as a way to connect a diverse array of youth with urban and suburban farming and food. The learning themes are geared at seeing the fun in farming, making food and farming relevant to teenagers, linking learning to work,
Garden Adventures: Exploring Plants with Young Children
This curriculum was developed by the National Gardening Association (NGA) for early childhood educators to use plants as a teaching tool. Through inquiry-based discovery children can learn all about plants and get excited about nature.
Farm to Table & Beyond: Grades 5 or 6
Published by Teachers College Columbia University, this curriculum features an inquiry-based science and nutrition program where students learn science through studying the food system. The curriculum is divided into six units: Becoming Food Scientists, Interacting Parts, Food Processing, Environmental Effects, Waste, and Making Choices.
The Hayride: A Resource for Educational Farm Field Trips
This book provides a list of farms in the Appalachia community that allows schools to visit, and a list of what lessons to teach there.