Social media abounds with memes, articles, and posts about the limitations on school budgets. School administrators are tasked with the difficult decision of how to get maximum results with limited means. Decisions about how to spend campus budgets must be made through the filter of student achievement, and any funds spent that do not directly …
School gardens have been present in public schools across the nation for quite some time. Most people who have spent any amount of time in a garden can easily identify benefits such as promoting healthy eating habits, engaging in physical activity, taking in natural vitamin D, and connecting to our beautiful world. But for many …
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Amazing things happen in the hands of a child when exploring in a school learning garden! Children begin to ask important questions when they touch things in the garden. “Why is the carrot root cold?” or “Why is the leaf fuzzy?” Fruit and vegetables, insects and soil, all become more real when in their hand. …
