KidsGardening is happy to announce our newest e-course "Celebrating Cultural Inclusion in the School Garden!" This free e-course supports educators as they learn how to center cultural learning in their school garden program with a new curriculum of lesson plans, growing guides, and more. Its creation was supported in part by the USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program.
The course is available to start asynchronously anytime!
About the Celebrating Cultural Inclusion in the School Garden course
Garden education is increasingly recognized as an interdisciplinary approach that integrates academic goals, health and wellness, place-based education, and community connections and relationships. However, discussion of culture is often missing in garden-based education. In collaboration with experienced garden educators from across the country, KidsGardening has created a curriculum of original lesson plans, growing guides, worksheets, and more designed to celebrate the intersections of garden education and culture with K through 6th-grade students.
Our new course is designed to introduce participants to pedagogical principles for centering culture in garden education and to familiarize them with a host of culturally significant food plants. Each module recording will also provide context and insight into the each of the lesson plans included in the curriculum.
This course is designed to help participants feel inspired and equipped to implement this curriculum in their school garden. Each lesson features vetted and researched background information so you feel confident talking about the biology, origins, and cultural significance of these plants with your students, as well as introductory activities, step-by-step exploratory activities, and lesson extensions to keep the learning going!
Course Structure
The course includes eight asynchronous class modules so students can pace their own learning. Each module includes recordings, lesson plans, growing guides, and supporting materials that can be downloaded and kept forever!
