Garden Based Education » Uncategorized http://gardenbasededucation.org Growing the Learning Potential of all Children Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:23:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lifelab’s workshops in Santa Cruz, CA http://gardenbasededucation.org/2011/08/13/lifelabs-workshops-in-santa-cruz-ca/ http://gardenbasededucation.org/2011/08/13/lifelabs-workshops-in-santa-cruz-ca/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:23:29 +0000 heide http://gardenbasededucation.org/?p=375 Lifelab has some amazing Garden Classroom on the UC Santa Cruz campus, Life Lab Science Program’s professional trainers bring inspiration to educators interested in science, nutrition, and garden-based learning.
They have workshops on

Fall Plant It, Grow It, Eat It: Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education – Friday September 23, 2011
The Growing Classroom: Intro to Garden-Based Learning – Thursday and Friday October 6-7, 2011
Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Discovering the Garden in Early Childhood Education – Sunday October 16, 2011

click here to learn more at Lifelab’s website

]]> http://gardenbasededucation.org/2011/08/13/lifelabs-workshops-in-santa-cruz-ca/feed/ 0 New Book Spices up Lessons with Garden Storytelling http://gardenbasededucation.org/2010/10/29/new-book-spices-up-lessons-with-garden-storytelling/ http://gardenbasededucation.org/2010/10/29/new-book-spices-up-lessons-with-garden-storytelling/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:15:04 +0000 heide http://gardenbasededucation.org/?p=372 A Rock is a Slow Story: Garden Storytelling is an invitation to give voice to the unique, shape-shifting world of a learning garden. The author, a professional storyteller and garden educator, helps you harvest a crop of good story material and serve it up in riveting tales. You’re guided in finding core truths in the garden, building an engaging imagination around them and effectively performing your stories for eager audiences of young learners. You’ll see that storytelling can create easy connects between children and science, math, language arts and magic in the garden. The first part of the book is a peppy, succinct guide to finding and telling garden stories. The second part presents 8 complete stories, each with a materials list, suggestions for effective telling and garden lesson extensions. The enthusiasm of the author for storytelling and gardens is infectious, the stories are engaging and the advice is solid. Here is a link to purchase the book from the author’s website:
http://www.wellnessgardens.org/Store.html

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