Edible School Garden Project @ Humming Montessori School Osaka

The Philosophy of Humming Edible School Garden Project

Feel nature, learn for life.

    自然を感じ、人生のために学ぼう

Grow safe and healthy food.

    安全で環境に配慮した作物を育てよう

Eat our fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits.

    季節の新鮮な野菜や果物を食べよう

Cook simply with all our senses together.

    みんなで五感を使ってシンプルに料理しよう

Think about Food Cycle and sustainable environment.

    「食」に関する循環を考え、持続可能な活動にしよう

Set our table with nice tableware and flowers and enjoy eating together.

    みんなで食卓を飾り、楽しく一緒に食べよう

Share all works of Edible Education.

    食に関するすべての活動を共有しよう

Design Ecology through “Learning by doing” for the next generation.

    次の世代のために、自ら行動して学び、エコロジーをデザインしよう

OUR BACKGROUND AND MISSION

I own a small Montessori primary school in Osaka. I'm an AMI 3-6 Montessori guide. We want to connect with our local community to develop our garden program. Through the program, children will develop life skills and lifelong qualities like team work , problem solving  and reasoning. It will also enable them to develop their mental, physical and social skills.

Our aim is to make our Edible school garden valuable to produce fresh, safe, organic and delicious vegetables, fruits and foods we cook them. Our program will serve about 240 people per year. We can learn "Food Cycle" which involves seeding, pollination , fruiting, harvesting, cooking, eating and composting in our garden classroom and cooking room. We take the Montessori approach which is student-centered, learning by doing with all five senses, freedom and responsibilitty. Students explore the seasonal garden, learn what the word "worm" means and how it helps to enrich the soil and the food we produce in it by getting their hands dirty in the garden and the cooking classroom. We are happy to share our program with the children, their families, our neighbors and other schools worldwide.

Masaaki Matsumoto(Birdie)

AMI Montessori 3-6 Guide

Director Humming Montessori School Osaka