There are many creative ways to use the garden for teaching and learning, whether creating a garden theme or collecting data. Did you know that the history of plants and their use by people is closely interwoven with the history of cultural development of world nations? Did you know that Shakespeare writes about plants in his great literary works?
What lessons can you teach with plants?
Writing and talking about the garden; giving a written or oral report on the garden.
ReplyDeleteWALES-WE CAN TEACH ABOUT SHAPE,SIZE,COLOUR,TEXTURE,SENSES, LANGUAGE, MUSIC ,CREATIVE DANCE IN THE GARDEN, MINIBEASTS,HOW THE WEATHER PLAYS A PART ,ART WORK-FAMOUS ARTIST WHO PAINTED SCENES FROM THE GARDEN
ReplyDeleteOur students may want to create a "Healthy Basket" with the vocabulary of fruits and vegetables.This is a useful activity that can be applied to very young learners for revising the taught vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteHere I found a very interesting game which can be played online by our students.
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In "La Asomada" school Cartagena (Spain), the gardening activity is taken to the classroom in many subjects. Specially at spring season our pupils write texts and poems, draw the beauty of blossoming flowers and display their art works all over the school.
ReplyDeleteGREECE: The teachers of Axion primary schools use the garden to teach them gardening, moral values of collaboration and respect of nature, practical activities on writing skills, art and games.
ReplyDeleteOur garden has, as we can mention one thing, teach us what vegetables can survive in our climate. Some of the vegetables that are common in the southern parts of Europe isn't work in our soil.
ReplyDeleteITALY: a bith of...Maths related with gardening!
ReplyDeleteROUND OUT YOUR BEDS
The shape of your beds can make a difference, too. Raised beds are more space-efficient if the tops are gently rounded to form an arc, rather than flat. A rounded bed that is 1,5 mt wide across its base, for instance, will give you a less than 2 meters arc above it—creating a planting surface that’s about 40 cm wider than that of a flat bed. That 40 cm might not seem like much, but multiply it by the length of your bed and you’ll see that it can make a big difference in total planting area.
Lettuce, spinach, and other greens are perfect crops for planting on the edges of a rounded bed.