Kindergarten

SKIPERS

~~Sound eating habits since infancy promote optimal health, growth, intellectual and emotional development.

Healthy eating can prevent short-term medical problems like iron-deficiency anaemia, overweight, poor nourishment, eating disorders, and cavities, among others.

It can also prevent or minimize the possibility of developing long-term pathologies. Today’s main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, weight excess, and osteoporosis.

Food Is Free Project

The Food Is Free Project

Donated Seeds Grown By Voluntters Learning Life Skills To Inspire Pro Social Sustainable Healthy Living & Support The Food Insecure

Working with local organisations & groups we hope to create free access to educational / communal growing space, Events & activities so all members can come together learn life skills, share ideas & grow food.

Community Led Positive Action 

Outdoor Playgroups - Little Green Fingers

Incredible Edible Kirkstall: Plot To Plate Sustainable School Education

Plot To Plate Sustainable Education

Working in partnership with many local organisations

It is our aim to provide every child with their own Square Foot garden to use as an educational resource to learn about pro social sustainable healthy living & provide a free guide to support teachers, playgroups & organisations to deliver these inspiring opportunities & lesson plans.

included in the guide will be

St. Aloysius School

In 2009, the students, families and community of St. Aloysius School came together to build our school garden. We use the space as an outdoor classroom to enliven our lessons in science, writing, art, math and history.

Lemon Avenue Garden Project

Oveer the years, the PTA at Lemon Avenue Elementary Scvhool has built a beautiful organic garden filled with 15 raised beds, 6 fruit trees, 3 composters and a covered work area with benches and tables.  Our garden has been a labour of love for hundreds of students, teachers and parents and it is the jewel of our campus.

This year we were awarded a grant from the wonderful Sage Garden Project to support and expand our program with garden and nutritional education staff, training at The Edible Schoolyard Academy, lesson plans for grades K-6 and a cooking cart.

 

Sage Garden Project

The Sage Garden Project is sponsering me (and others) this year. I work as a Garden Educator for Explore Ecology.

Explore Ecology is an environmental education and arts non-profit located in Santa Barbara, CA. We work with over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically and experience the value of environmental stewardship. Our programs include the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store and Gallery, Environmental Education, the Watershed Resource Center, School Gardens and ReUseSB.

OKC Harvest

Oklahoma City Harvest is a non profit program of Oklahoma City Beautiful.  We are committed to providing Oklahoma City neighborhoods, schools and community centers with opportunities to plan, grow, maintain and harvest fruits and vegetables using sustainable and environmentally sound gardening practices.  Whenever possible we do this free of charge to the recipient.

Montessori Magnet at Moylan

We are a public Montessori school in the South End of Hartford, CT.  We currently have two campuses, with gardens at each campus.  Children at our school range in ages from 3 to 12.  At every level, they start seeds, maintain gardens, harvest and eat !  We are looking to expand our facilities within by 2016 to offer more garden and cooking opportunities within our school.  

Horace Mann Elementary School, (Mann Gardens), Washington DC

Horace Mann Elementary has has had a school garden for over 20 years, growing our curriculum out of our science program.  During this time our gardens have changed location many times but have continued to grow despite disruptions to physical locations. Today we utilize the gardens throughout our curriculum and have increased our focus on wellness and healthy eating. We are currently completing a two year building renovation but have continued gardening in our vegetable and native gardens.

Explore Ecology School Garden Program

The Sage Garden Project is sponsering me this year, but I work as a Garden Educator for Explore Ecology.

Explore Ecology is an environmental education and arts non-profit located in Santa Barbara, CA.  We work with over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically and experience the value of environmental stewardship. Our programs include the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store and Gallery, Environmental Education, the Watershed Resource Center, School Gardens Program, and ReUseSB. 

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