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!