Do you remember helping your mom or dad dig in the garden and create an area to see fruits or vegetables grow. To go in your garden and pick the fruit right off the tree or vine to eat. Make a healthy salad from your very own garden. Help me create this same experience for my students.
My 24 students come from a poverty area.
An area where gardens aren't visible. An area where farms don't exist. I want to give these children the experience of creating something they can not only be proud of, but can enjoy watching and create a healthier environment in our classroom and in their own homes. I want to give these children the tools and knowledge to build their own garden and enjoy the fruits and vegetables they will grow with their families.
These children lack experiences we all grew up with. They crave new experiences and hands on activities that will change their lives and others. They experience threw books and computers instead of engaged in real life experiences. I want to open their eyes to building a healthier environment for themselves.
My Project
This activity will create individual learners and scientists. It will allow them to build something on their own and be able to take the experience home to recreate. It will teach them the value of responsibility and nurturing.
With all the fruits and vegetables that are processed, sprayed with chemicals, and unhealthy for anyone to eat. This environmental safe garden will allow the children to eat their own products without any chemicals sprayed on them or processed in any way. This experiment will allow them the tools to build a environmental safe garden at home to enjoy and share with family and friends.
This environmental garden will begin in the classroom, but I am hoping to enlarge this project to the school grounds to be nurtured and enjoyed by the entire school.
I want to allow these children to see how they can make a difference in our environment and make safe and healthy vegetables and fruit to eat.
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