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Posted in Blog, Events, Gardening With Children
Tagged Art, Composting, Education, Events, Forest School, Gardening, Planting, Soil, workshops
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A Story of a School-Yard Chicken Inquiry
The Chickens Have Arrived! Now what? Between joyous giggles, the child beside me blurts out, “Look at Greg!” “Who’s Greg?” I wonder to myself before noticing everyone is pointing at the smallest of our ten hens. The wee, jet black … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, Uncategorized
Tagged Brant-Argyle School, Chickens, Inquiry, Sarah Hadfield, School-yard chickens
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Top Ten Reasons to Garden with your Children 4
1. Nutrition 2. Gardner in the Garden 3. Loving the Natural Environment 4.)Increased Sensory Experiences 5.) Food Security 6.) Wonder and Discovery 7.) Establish Nature Routines 8.) Emergent Learning 9.) Community 10.) Hard Work Builds Character 4.)Increased Sensory Experiences “We … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, Summit 2012
Tagged gardening with kids, nature summit
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Butterfly Flutterby
Robert Graves – Flying Crooked The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the art of flying straight, Yet has- who knows so well as I?- A just sense of how … Continue reading
Workshop- Garden Problem Solving
Bad Soil? Vandalism? No space? Stinky compost bin worries? After this workshop you may be surprised by your ability to garden almost anywhere and solve some common problems! By being a little more prepared for the unexpected and learning some … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Events, Gardening With Children, Summit 2012, Workshops
Tagged Garden Problem Solving, gardening with children, Kathryn Mackenzie, nature summit
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May 1st is International Guerrilla Gardening Day
Did you know that May 1st is International Guerilla Gardening Day? Wikipedia defines Guerilla Gardening as ” gardening on land that the gardeners do not have legal right to use, often an abandoned site or area not cared for by … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, Uncategorized
Tagged Gardening, guerilla gardening, kids and nature
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Springtime Inspiration
I just spent the day at ‘Gardening Saturday’ and now I’m itching to start digging in the mud. The weather is fabulous so hopefully you’ll be spending some time outdoors. If you can’t get out then spend some time checking … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, General, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure playgrounds, Gardening, gardens, kids and nature, letsgetoutside, Nature, playground safety, resources, tree climbing
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Top Ten Reasons to Garden with Children 3
1. Nutrition 2. Gardner in the Garden 3. Loving the Natural Environment 4. Increased Sensory Experiences 5. Food Security 6. Wonder and Discovery 7. Establish Nature Routines 8. Emergent Learning 9. Community 10. Hard Work Builds Character 3. Loving the … Continue reading
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Tagged facing fears, Gardening, gardening with children, kids, letsgetoutside, top ten reasons to garden with children
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The Top Ten Reasons to Garden with your Children-2
This is the second post in the series: The Top Ten Reasons to Garden with your Children We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening with children, gardner, kids and nature, nature education, nature summit
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The Top Ten Reasons to Garden with your Children-1
I started this as a single post about why you should garden with children but it’s turning out to be too long so I’ve turned it into a series. I personally think that gardening with children is a life-changing event. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, Summit 2010, Summit 2012, Uncategorized
Tagged Gardening, gardening with children, Kathryn Mackenzie, Nature Summit 2010, Nature Summit 2012, top ten reasons to garden with children
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