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    • OVERVIEW
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  • Partnerships
    • Industry
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  • Ecoliteracy Showcase
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First Grade Garden Activities

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EXPLORE
Garden Rainbow


Seasonal Planting


Harvesting Kindness


Silly Worms

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​Anytime Garden Care
Make garden rules and explore the garden through a scavenger hunt to find colors in the garden.

Plant seeds/and or seedlings in the school garden.

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Practice kindness when harvesting your crops by sharing with the school and greater community.

Handle worms and make play worms as a reminder of the school’s helpers.


Pitch in to keep the garden clean and tidy. Weed, organize, and sift compost.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
G is for Garden: Alphabet Fun


​Plant Parts Journal
Make an alphabet strip derived from the first letter of things found in the garden.
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Explore the garden for the parts of a plant and document observations in a journal.
​ART
Symmetry Butterfly Art

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Time for Sunshine
Collect fallen leaves and other natural objects to create symmetrical butterfly art.

​Students make their own sundials to tell time in the garden.
SCIENCE
Gone 2 Seed

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A Cup with a View
Explore the garden for plants that have gone to seed and save them for planting next season.

​Plant seeds in clear plastic cups and observe sprouting seeds and root growth under varying conditions.

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