…One, two, three it’s a farmer’s life for me! Spend a day out in the fields and find out what farmers do! You’ll also find endnotes with fascinating facts about animals and crops. Go to www.barefootbooks.com/farmerslife to access your audio singalong of music by The Flannery Brothers and video animation online. This book is also available in a Spanish edition entitled ¡Vivamos la Granja! …
…orth Carolina? Contact us to find out how you can get free seeds for your school garden. Visit Sow True Seed on the web at www.sowtrueseed.com….
…in the classroom. Find read alouds, recipes, simple activities, and more. View resources » Lesson Plans Browse our collection of garden, food and farm, and recipe lesson plans for preschool, K-5, and more. All Growing Minds lesson plans include connections to age-appropriate children’s literature and are aligned with Common Core State Standards, NC Essential Standards, or NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development. View lesson plans » Seas…
…niversity, and Dietetic Internship preceptors. Through trainings and resources, GM@U equips pre-service students with knowledge and experiences to be able to incorporate local food and farm to school/farm to preschool activities into their careers as dietitians and to create environments that are conducive to those activities. We aim to help students utilize farm to school/preschool as a way to enhance the health and education of the children and…
…help he finally completes a fine-looking basket, learning much about patience, perseverance, and family traditions along the way. — The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter By Shabazz Larkin Recommended Level: Preschool, K-2 A love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat. Children are introduced to different kinds of bees, “how not to get stung,” and how the things we fear are often things w…
…become an expert on a fruit/vegetable 46. Trace your lunch back to its sources. 47. Interview a family member/grandparent about growing food or cooking. 48. Keep a log of what kinds of plant parts you eat for a day. Did you eat more leaves, roots, or stems? 49. Celebrate a local product every month. Happy cabbage month! How many types of cabbage are there? Have you ever had a stirfry with local cabbage? 50. Create a PowerPoint presentation for you…
…tells the story of when Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight, and the Hunger Monster comes into their lives. Only visible to Lulu, Hunger Monster is a troublemaker who makes it hard for her to concentrate in school. How will Lulu help her mom and defeat the Monster when Lulu has promised never to speak the monster’s name to anyone? This realistic—and hopeful—story of food insecurity builds awareness of the issue of childh…
…your own heart shapes? When you find a heart, photograph it or draw a picture of it. How many hearts can you find or make? — That’s it for this week. Check back next week for new resources. Click here to access Day by Day resources from past weeks. If you didn’t find what you’re looking for here, please visit our Lesson Plans page….
…designed with care, deliberation, and attention, with the child’s experience at the center of the design. For example, the “imagination station” was too far from the art supplies station and so a mini-art station had to be set up, because who knows where the imagination will take you and what you may need? So, I could go on and on about what’s happening on the inside, but the outside?! A tree house, a mud kitchen, an edible garden, a big stage (a…
…avior is being researched by NC State University and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission through the NC Urban/Suburban Bear Study. If you see a bear around town that’s sporting a GPS collar, it’s likely part of that study. Learn more about the bears that call our Appalachian region home by visiting the Smoky Mountain National Park website: Black Bears in the Smokies. Ever wondered why bears hibernate? Find out here on an episode of Mystery Doug….