by Brit MacDonald | Jun 13, 2019 | Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Social & Emotional Well-being: Gardens can Help! Grow Resilient Children with a Classroom Garden Resilience (or resiliency) is our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned – an important for children (and adults). Resilience enables...
by Brit MacDonald | May 17, 2019 | Food Literacy, Tips and Tricks
Connect Your Garden to Agriculture Once you’ve decided what to grow, it’s time to plant! We love starting seeds in the classroom (and at home) using pellets – either made of compressed peat or coir. Though this method is not necessary, we find that...
by Brit MacDonald | May 16, 2019 | Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Easy Grows It: How to Choose Your Growing Containers Almost anything can serve as a container for growing plants. But how do you choose the home for your food crops? In addition to terra cotta, plastic and pressed fiber pots, you can use food-grade barrels,...
by Brit MacDonald | Feb 12, 2019 | Agriculture Education, Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Connect Your Garden to Agriculture One of the goals of the Little Green Thumbs garden is to help students create meaningful, informed connections between the food they grow and eat, and the agricultural processes involved in producing it. Food production today is a...
by Brit MacDonald | Feb 7, 2019 | Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Garden-based Education Grants for Schools & Non-Profits A garden provides a vibrant tool for hands-on, inquiry-based learning and deepening your core curriculum. Problem solving, team building, cooperation, nutrition, gardening, and critical thinking all come to...
by Brit MacDonald | Jan 21, 2019 | Food Literacy, Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Tips for Feeding Your VermiCompost Worms Vermicomposting is easy, fun, good for the earth and presents countless learning opportunities. We’ve compiled our tips and tricks for feeding your worms to maximize their composting (ie. eating and pooping) magic! We...
