{"product_id":"the-garden-classroom-isbn-9781611801644","title":"The Garden Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eCreative ways to use the garden to inspire learning, for kids ages 4-8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with garden-based activities that promote science, math, reading, writing, imaginative play, and arts and crafts, \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e offers a whole year of outdoor play and learning ideas—however big or small your garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery  garden offers children a rich, sensory playground, full of interesting  things to discover and learn about. There's a whole lot of science  happening right before their eyes. The garden can also be a place to  develop math and literacy skills, as the outdoors offers up plenty of  invitations to weave learning into everyday gardening. The garden  classroom is a place where plants grow, and where children grow too.List of activities: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Let's Grow! Garden Basics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlanting  Seeds \/ Egg Heads and Tin Can Hair Salon \/ Quirky Eco Planters \/  Painted Plant Pots \/ Grow Your Own Meadow \/ Snipping Garden \/ Plant  Labels \/ DIY Watering Can \/ Garden Power Potion \/ Harvesting Your Own  Seeds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Play and Imagination \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Build a Fort \/  Pretend Play Potting Shed \/ Mud Pie Tea Party \/ Fairy Garden \/ Make a  Dinosaur World \/ Miniature Garden \/ Garden Sensory Tubs \/ Sensory  Treasure Hunt \/ Play Dough in the Garden \/ Snail Races\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Reading and Writing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWrite  a Garden Journal \/ Chalk Observation Station \/ Sensory Word Hunting \/  Nature Treasure Bag \/ Jack and the Beanstalk \/ Story Stones \/ Fairy or  Gnome Mailbox \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Science and Math \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMath Pebbles \/  Investigation Table \/ Growing Seeds Experiment: Part One \/ Growing Seeds  Experiment: Part Two \/ Mini Beast Bingo \/ Bird Cafe \/ Creatures Close  Up \/ Bug Hotel \/ Ladybug Number Line \/ One Yard Leaf Race \/ Host a Plant  Olympics \/ Sunflower Height Chart \/ Symmetry Butterflies \/ Tree Trunk  Geoboard \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Arts and Crafts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHandprint Sunflower \/  Cement Tile Art \/ Garden Bunting \/ Finger-Knit a Flower \/ Leaf Collage \/  Daffodil Bunting \/ Daffodil Pinwheel \/ Large-Scale Landscape Art \/  Spring Flower Bouquet \/ Sticky Pictures \/ Caterpillars \/ Clothespin  Butterfly \/ Clay Leaf Impressions \/ Clay Faces and Creatures \/ Land Art  Wreath \/ Land Art Mandala \/ Make a Scarecrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Garden Recipes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCustomized Soup \/ Basil Pesto \/ Zucchini Relish\"My life with kids has been devoted to their art and creativity, and I'm so pleased to find \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e is absolutely sprouting with richly creative ways to use the garden. I'm particularly inspired to play and imagine (chapter 2) in the garden and construct a fairy garden or see if my dinosaur world will attract a tiny dinosaur! Cathy James has been delighting me for years with her blog, and this book puts her inspiring garden ideas right at my fingertips and green thumb.\"—MaryAnn F. Kohl, author of \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Great Artists\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePreschool Art\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand 20 other art books for kidsCATHY JAMES is passionate about kids, play, and gardens. She's spent  half of her working career coaching and training adults and switched  over to working with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers after she had  her two daughters. She used to run a home daycare and a School Gardening  Club project. She now writes and publishes the successful kids'  activities blog,\u003ci\u003e NurtureStore\u003c\/i\u003e; she also writes for \u003ci\u003eBabyCentre\u003c\/i\u003e and KidsActivitiesBlog.com. She lives in the UK on the edge of a city and has a tiny walled garden.Creative ways to use the garden to inspire learning, for children ages 4 to 8","brand":"Roost Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302510153957,"sku":"NP9781611801644","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611801644.jpg?v=1767739469","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-garden-classroom-isbn-9781611801644","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}