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Created with lessons from the K-5 Life Lab Science Curriculum and The Growing Classroom.

These units have 6 lessons each and are available as a PDF download or purchased as a set of four from our store

Download the following units:

1st Grade – Pondering Plants

2nd Grade – Soil Stories

3rd Grade – Garden Pollinators

4th Grade – Garden Habitats

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Readers To Eaters

4 weeks ago

Time for Summer Gardening! Thrilled to partner on @big green’s #ReadAsYouGrow, "connecting the stories and ideas that they are exploring in these fantastic books to what they can observe while growing food in their garden," with Readers To Eaters books in English & Spanish. See video on prgrm+ resource bit.ly/3JLxGMe ..#SummerGardening #SummerLearning #SummerReading #KidsGardening #OutdoorEducation National Summer Learning AssociationNational Environmental Education Foundation – NEEFNational Farm to School Network Common ThreadsNational Agriculture in the Classroom Life Lab
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Readers To Eaters

4 weeks ago

It’s summer, which also means bugs season. Share these fun reads including TThe Thing About Bees: A Love Letter"Instead of explaining the lifecycle of bees, it gives them a personality. It makes them relatable. The illustrations are outstanding: his characters have big personalities and he combines pen and ink drawings with painterly backgrounds. They’re stunning."..#Bees #Pollinators #Pollination #OutdoorEducation #GardenEducation #EnvironmentalEducation #FoodEducation #FoodLiteracy #STEM #STEAM #SummerReading #SummerLearning JJunior Master Gardener ProgramTThe American Horticultural SocietyKKidsGardening.orgLLife LabBBig GreenTThe Bee Cause ProjectWWhole Kids FoundationTThe Pollinator PartnershipDDetroit HivesGGreen Bronx MachineNNational Farm to School NetworkCCalifornia Farm to SchoolNNational Agriculture in the ClassroomAAmerican Farm Bureau Foundation for AgricultureNNational Summer Learning AssociationNNational Environmental Education Foundation – NEEFNNational Science Teaching Association
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8 of The Best Creepy Crawly Picture Books

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Here are some picture books on lives of creepy crawly bugs, some of which are told in first person (or insect).

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Readers To Eaters

1 month ago

Love this new review on Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild from Shelf Awareness! bit.ly/3bG3czi "Martin and Lee incorporate quotes from Katz throughout their energetic, onomatopoeic text… Julie Wilson’s casual, enthusiastic, earth-toned illustrations suit the subject and Katz’s effervescent personality. The entertainment value here is rivaled by expansive backmatter including an afterword by Katz addressing readers, a visual guide to kraut-making, long author and illustrator notes (including ethnographic research) and additional resources.A fizzy and informative celebration of fermentation that enthusiastically supports curious experimentation and food literacy."..#FoodLiteracy #FoodEducation #FoodHeroes #FoodBiography #FoodWriter #Fermentor #Fermentation #NoHeatCooking #TinyWild #Microbes #FoodScience #STEM #LGBTQ #Queer #QueerCommunity #SummerReading #SummerLearning #SummerCooking #SummerGardening #KidsGardening American Farm Bureau Foundation for AgricultureNational Farm to School Network Tennessee Library Association Tennessee Agriculture in the ClassroomSlow Food Middle TennesseeJunior Master Gardener Program The American Horticultural Society Big Green Life LabChelsea Green Publishing
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Readers To Eaters

2 months ago

Happy Pollinator Week! Share this wonderful reading of TThe Thing About Bees: A Love Letterby author/artist SShabazz Larkinfor PPBS TThirteen WNET New York Hear his thoughts on how we can all learn to respect and honor the earth and get excited about loving and caring for bees. Winner, #GrowingGoodKids Book Award— JJunior Master Gardener Programand TThe American Horticultural SocietyJune is #AudiobookMonth. Check out the recorded edition of BEES from LLive Oak Media an AAudioFile Magazine#EarphonesAward winner. Wonderful family listen! ..#PollinatorWeek #pollinators #bees #pollination #environmentaleducation #outdooreducation #gardeneducation #beeeducation #beegarden #summerreading #summerlearning #diversebooks TThe Pollinator PartnershipTThe Bee Cause ProjectWWhole Kids FoundationDDetroit HivesTThe Urban Bee CoBBee GirlFFoodCorpsLLife LabTThe Edible Schoolyard ProjectEEdible Schoolyard NYCGGreen Bronx MachineNNew York Botanical GardenHHarlem GrownNNew York Agriculture in the ClassroomNNational Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)TThe Brown BookshelfMMulticultural Children’s Book Day
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THE THING ABOUT BEES – English Captions | Let’s Learn

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Shabazz Larkin reads his book THE THING ABOUT BEES, about the importance of bees as pollinators.

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Philip Lee

2 months ago

So excitd about #MDSNAPEd #EatYourWords kickoff Thur! Check out video on summer program connecting #NutritionEducation & #EarlyLiteracy, giving away 50,000 Sylvia’s Spinach at schools and #FarmersMarkets. Event info+ kickoff w author Katherine Pryor+ resources @ extension.umd.edu/eat-your-words..#SNAPEd #EarlyLiteracy #FoodLiteracy #FoodEducation #Nutrition #NutritionEducation #EatingFresh #EatingVegetables #KidsGardneing #SchoolGarden #FarmToSchoolSlow Food USA School Garden NetworkBig Green Common Threads Pilot Light Life Lab
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Eat Your Words Commercial

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This video shares information about the Eat Your Words campaign for Maryland families.

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Readers To Eaters

3 months ago

Join us for an online gathering of "Community Conversations on Food and Librarianship." Thur, 5/12 @ noon ET.The program is the first virtual meetup hosted by the "Food Literacy & Libraries Team," a volunteer working group with a goal to "build communities through food by sharing information, creating partnerships, and promoting literacy." This would be a great opportunity to explore to food programing ideas and funding opportunities, connect good reads and good eats, and meet educators and organizations on how libraries are becoming community food hubs. We invite food & nutrition educators, garden & farm to school educators, food access organizations, and literacy organizations to join and explore partnerships!• Free event registration @ bit.ly/foodinlibraries• Join our Facebook group @ Libraries and Food. ..#FoodLiteracy #LibraryFoodHub #LibrariesAndFood #FoodEducation #FoodAccess #FoodJustice #PublicLibrary #SchoolLibrary #FarmToSchool #AgClassroom American Library Association Public Library Association (PLA)ALSC – The Association for Library Service to ChildrenAmerican Association of School LibrariansBooklist Shelf Awareness School Library JournalLittle Free Library Big Green FoodCorps Ecotrust Life LabCommon Threads Pilot LightNational Farm to School NetworkNational Agriculture in the ClassroomAmerican Farm Bureau Foundation for AgricultureLaurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & PolicyNew York City School Library System Too Small to Fail The Alliance for a Healthier GenerationLet’s Move in Libraries
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Gather at the Virtual Table: Community Conversations on Food and Librarianship

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All are welcome to join this interactive event on how food and librarianship can (and do!) come together! This event builds upon a series of informal, online conversations among a group of librarians …

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Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids

3 months ago

#tbt to that time two weeks ago we were at the School Garden Support Organization – SGSO – Network conference organized by Sprouts Farmers Market and Life Lab !Check out this cool recap video Jen put together – love how we’re #growingschoolgardens together!#veggiecatethefirststate #STEMeducation #handsonlearning #schoolgardens #kidswhogarden
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Life Lab

3 months ago

www.lifelab.org/jobs Full-time Bilingual Garden Educators at PVUSD School Gardens and Summer Program Staff at Garden Classroom on UCSC Farm
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is in Watsonville, California.

3 months ago

Full-time Career and Summer Staff Positions in @pajarovalleyusd school gardens and the Life Lab Garden Classroom. On the @ucscagroecology farm @ucsc @pvusdschoolfood lifeLab.org/jobs
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