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Third Grade Garden Activities

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​EXPLORE
Garden Senses


Seasonal Planting


Harvesting Kindness


Happy Harvesting


Anytime Garden Care
Make garden rules and explore the garden through a scavenger hunt using the five senses.
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Plant seeds/and or seedlings in the school garden.


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

Handle worms while harvesting their castings, then spread this valuable fertilizer into garden beds.

​Pitch in to keep the garden clean and tidy. Weed, organize, and sift compost.

​ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Word Salad
Explore the difference between literal and figurative language and create garden-inspired similes.
​SOCIAL SCIENCE
Three Sisters Garden
Plant a three sisters garden based on the Native American legend that explores symbiotic relationships.
ART
Wildflower Suncatchers
Gather flowers and leaves and make a suncatcher to hang in a window. ​
​SCIENCE
Succulent Superheroes

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Seed Library
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Seed Travels
Propagate succulent plants from individual leaves.


Start a seed library for the school garden.


​Explore a variety of ways seeds are dispersed and then make your own seed balls.

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