The Garden Plot

A group of children went out to visit the PreK-K1 garden plot.

• Sarah “Leaves!”
• Felix “Do you know what? You can eat theses leaves over here. I just tried one. And it smells like… Michelle, smell on it.”
• Michelle “It is yummy.”
• Charlotte “What’s this? You can eat it.”
• Charlotte “I see little brown on in the green leaf.”
• Sarah “It has a circle like big, big, big.”

• Michelle “I can see. You can eat this.”
• Charlotte “you can eat this leaves.”
• Felix “Lucas and me, we put these ones just into the earth.”

What might we grow here?

• Felix “Tomatoes or something. Strawberries.”
• Sarah “Maybe carrots.”
• Felix “Maybe chillies. Maybe apple trees?”
• Nina “Flowers, pink and blue flowers.”
• Michelle “Red flowers
• Sarah “We need this one.” (pointing to the soil)

• Felix “Earth.”
• Sarah “Water.”
• Felix “Sun.”
• Sarah “More water and more sun.”
• Felix “I can put the water.”
• Michelle “Water, and sun and then grow.”

The group presented their ideas to the class.

• Felix “We saw leaves and some plants. I wanted to smell the leaves. It smelled like spicy.”

Who grew these plants?

• Michelle “I want to smell. Because I like it. These are like leaves and I smelled it. Sarah in K1B. I and Charlotte and Sarah and Nina know it.”
• Sarah “This is a farmer who grew it.” (in Mandarin)
• Sarah “It is a little bit this one. The green one. Tomatoes, carrots, strawberries and apples.”
• Michelle “Banana.”
• Felix ”Maybe cucumber. We need earth. The black earth.”

We wonder how we might grow our own plants and vegetables…

Approaches to Learning (ATL’s)

Thinking Skills

Analysing

• Observe carefully.

Generating novel ideas

• Use discussion and play to generate new ideas and investigations.

 

Communication Skills

Listening

• Listen to information.
• Listen actively and respectfully to others’ ideas.

Interpreting

• Interpret visual, audio and oral communication: recognizing and creating signs, interpreting and using symbols and sounds.

Speaking

• Express oneself using words and sentences.
• Participate in conversations.
• Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers.