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Category : Moment of the Month
November 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
When kids are leaning in, we know they are enjoying learning! These second grade students on a field trip to our Blooming Classroom are dissecting seeds to look for the "young plant" on the [...]
May 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
Spring Harvest & Planting for Fall! Above: A healthful harvest of beets, kohlrabi, and carrots was an exciting part of our spring science and nutrition field trip activities for Watsonville elementary school students at our Blooming Classroom in Wats [...]
April 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
A Toast to Pollinators! Spring is here in our Blooming Classroom in Watsonville, and these students from Amesti Elementary School learned about the importance of pollinators to plants and the environment. Here, they celebrate the vital role that bees, butter [...]
March 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
With the coming of spring, Life Lab trainers were out in full force, inspiring educators to cultivate children's love of learning, healthy food, and nature in school gardens across the nation. It was too hard to choose just one photo to share, so here is a glimpse o [...]
February 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
Have you ever made a garden on a cracker? These third grade students from Watsonville's Starlight Elementary School have! As part of weekly field trips at our Blooming Classroom, children from several Pajaro Valley Unified School District elementary sch [...]
December 2016 & January 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
December 2016 School Garden Support Organizations unite! We hosted 19 school garden support organizations from across the nation for a week-long institute in early December to share successful program models and best practices for [...]
November 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Learning and tasting the 6 plant parts. Healthy Eating is FUN in our Blooming Classroom! We always taste fruits and vegetables in our garden programs, and many teachers and parents are surprised at how the children react. In the fun and dynamic context of ga [...]
October 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
October was National Farm to School Month, and we were busy! The photos above are from trainings we led this month for more than 250 teachers in Bend, OR, and Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas and Ventura, CA. In these workshops, tours and conference [...]
September 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
These second graders from Boulder Creek Elementary School had a great time picking apples and pressing them into fresh cider in the Apple Room at our Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz last month. In addition to tasting fruit straight from the trees, st [...]
August 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
These FoodCorps garden educators aren't sticking their tongues out at you! They're showing off their "garden candy" ... edible borage flowers they're about to eat. (Have you ever tried them? They taste like cucumber! Pinch the [...]
July 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
It's camp season here at Life Lab, and like these fresh-picked beets, it's been big! More than 300 children from 4 to 18 years old are part of our Garden Sprouts and Wildlands & Watering Cans day camps this season at our G [...]
May 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
It used to be that teachers felt like they had to "sneak" garden-based science lessons into their students' education. This week we saw first hand how the tide is turning and hands-on, minds-on, inquiry-based, outdoor science education is being encouraged in sc [...]
April 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Our work with Watsonville schools is growing like spring carrots! Third grade students from Alianza Elementary School enjoyed freshly harvested carrots, camaraderie and learning outdoors as part of our spring season of academically enriched after-school program [...]
March 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Helping Teachers Use Gardens As Dynamic Science Classrooms We hosted 25 teachers for our Next Generation Science in the Garden workshop on March 11th at our Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz. Here is what they had to say about it: " [...]
February 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Tasty new experiences! Giving kids the chance to try new fruits and vegetables in a fun garden environment can help them form lifelong healthy eating habits. These Hall District Elementary Students clearly enjoyed their new tasting experienc [...]
January 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
The rain has brought so much more than water. "Going on a field trip to Life Lab during a wild rainstorm was an incredible experience that will be remembered long after the the year passes. The 'Eating a Rainbow' curriculum [...]
December 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Gratitude - from a child's point of view. Emma's note sweetly sums up the experience that children have in our fall Farm to Fork field trips at our Garden Classroom, connecting kids with the land and where basic, healthful foods come [...]
November 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Learning Doesn't Stop at 3pm... When school let out on Tuesdays this fall, 60 students came to our Blooming Classroom educational garden in Watsonville to connect with nature, science, healthy food and each other in academically enriched after-school programs. [...]
September 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
We're really "cooking" with FoodCorps! Daiana demonstrates hand pressing of tortillas and explores the amazing world of corn with field trip students. This month we welcomed new FoodCorps service members Lidia Tropeano and Daiana Baez to Life Lab. Lidia and [...]
August 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Teaching teachers to use gardens as classrooms August was a packed month for our educator training programs! Gearing up for the new school year, teachers turned to Life Lab for training and inspiration in garden-based learning. Pictured here [...]
July 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Movement Building in Austin! School garden support superstars (front row) Whitney Cohen - Life Lab; Rachel Pringle - Education Outside, San Francisco; Jane Hirschi - CitySprouts, Cambridge, MA (back row) John Fish [...]
June 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Morning Chores Summer is in full swing here at the Garden Classroom with 47 kids from 4 to 10 years old enjoying garden activities, the land, and each other daily. Every morning, our day camps include "farm ch [...]
May 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
"Feeding 2 Birds With 1 Seed" At each Life Lab Garden Classroom Field Trip we are feeding the minds of visiting school children while at the same time training future environmental educators. These children are on a Sowin [...]
April 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Science Exploration "Hey! There's a root in my soil!" This month we welcomed the first students to our new Blooming Classroom educational garden on a farm in western Watsonville. We're excited to be developing this site and new programs to serve students fro [...]
March 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
We don't have to ask kids to eat their veggies. This winter, 485 students in our Feeling Fine with Fresh Foods field trips devoured the veggie soup they helped prepare with fresh produce they picked in our garden classroom. We love c [...]
“Food, What?!” July Photo-of-the-Month
Our summer youth program, "Food, What?!" hosted 100+ visitors for our annual youth day. The July Photo-of-the-Month features shots from the event. Check out more "Food, What?!" Photo-of-the-Months [...]
