Mar 19th, 2009 by GreenThumb | No Comments »
Here is an excerpt from the “Hot Jalapenos” School Blog where Queen Elizabeth Students share how their involvement in the Little Green Thumbs program is impacting the rest of their studies. This is a tremendous example of how the garden experience can play a role in all different subjects and enhance the learning environment. The students are very excited and proud of their accomplishments, and you can tell!
Queen Elizabeth School is having an author visit next month. David Bouchard will be at QE on April 2 and 3. In preparation of our visit each class in the school had to write a page for a book to present to him on the visit. The writing follows the format of his famous book “If You’re Not From the Prairie…” My class chose to pick the Little Green Thumbs program as our theme as a shared writing project.
If you’re not from Queen E,
You don’t know E-28’s plants,
You never have seen plants.
The grow light is ever so mighty bright
When it turns on as you are sleeping at midnight.
The plants are as high as a drilling rig
But under the soil the fibrous roots dig.
If you’re not from Queen E,
You’ve never seen plants.
GREAT WORK LITTLE GREEN THUMBS!
Mar 9th, 2009 by GreenThumb | No Comments »
We have many schools involved in the Little Green Thumbs program and this year we are very excited to offer more french resources than ever before! This is a photo of the kindergarten class at an all French school in Prince Albert- École Valois.
The students at École Valois are so proud of their garden and their little beans, peas, worms and tomatoes are doing great! They have even been the stars of a newspaper article in the Prince Albert Herald!
Keep up the great work École Valois! Bonne Chance avec tous les plantes!
Mar 6th, 2009 by GreenThumb | No Comments »
Well Little Green Thumbs, it is already that time of year when the birds start chirping outside our windows reminding us that spring is on its way! While we have been busy little bees and butterflies in our gardens all winter long, Mother Earth is getting ready to thaw and start gardens outdoors all over the province!
One of the best things about Little Green Thumbs Saskatchewan is that when spring time comes, it is time for us to CELEBRATE!!! Father Robinson School in Saskatoon has already hosted their Celebration Event at the school. I was so excited to be invited and share some of the goodies that they grew in their garden!
There were many people filling up the classroom on February 25th, 2009 with 24 students, 3 teachers, and between 23-30 parents and siblings! The guests were excited to see the garden (which is still producing green peppers and tomatoes!) and we all had a great time sharing a wonderful lunch of veggies, buns and fruit.
The highlight of the event for me was watching the video of the students taking turns performing the “Plant Parts Rap”! (You can find the lyrics to this rap at JMGkids Online.) I can definintely see some very talented Little Green Thumbs coming out of this school!!!
I asked the students what their favourite parts of Little Green Thumbs was this year and some of them said:
- I loved harvesting the vegetables!
- I enjoyed watching the plants grow!
- All of the kids liked having the sun bulb in their classroom!
I also asked some of the parents if they had noticed a change in their children since the garden has been in their classroom:
- The children seem more aware of where their food comes from.
- They were very excited about the worms and were even recommending them to their parents and other students for science experiments and projects.
- The celebration event “feels like Thanksgiving!”.
Although Father Robinson has celebrated their garden already, they aren’t finished! They are planning on growing some flowers for Mother’s Day!
(oops, I hope I didn’t ruin the surprise!)
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS WONDERFUL EVENT FATHER ROBINSON!
GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR GARDENING EXPERIENCE!
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