# data[].attributes.body
investigating the garden, what needs to be done
what do we need to plant
what needs harvesting - cauliflower
working out seeds to plant ready for spring - with the children
peas
broad beans
potatoes -
eggplants
oregano - pizza garden bed -
build a worm farm
work on our insect hotel\
add water to our clay sculptures
cook - interest in different doughts
make pizza dough
pasta dough
bread dough - differnet types
grind the difefrent flours
crumpets
bread rolls
herbed rolls
herbed butter
foccacia
pastry - dough - pies sausage rolls
soup
broccoli soup
lemon cake
preserve lemons - collect from home
sushi

recycling and sustainability
- make own paper
beeswax wraps
compost and worm farm
seed bombs
creating reusable bags
make windchimes - senes

clay bird bath following on from avis
totem poles
rain guage
creating a cooked lunch once a frotnight as a group,
make 2-3 courses, share together, shop and create

books -
planting a rainbow - lois ehlert
unos garden graeme base
charlie and lola we are very good recyclers
recyling books - 10 things we can do to help our world

spitals in nature
the brick

# data[].attributes.body
this week we have had vegetables delivered in our fruit order
lets make a dip on Mondays. children decide what dips to create to eat for the week
`loretta to buy pantry staples for children to choose the dip to create.
sense of agency

# data[].attributes.body
this week we will cook pear muffins as we did still life of pears last week.
this week still life of pumpkin
read little red hen story to children in relation to chooks - then talk about wheat and all the thinks it can be made into, the process of how its made
use of the interactive screen to show this
wheat - grind
make bread - next week week 7 and eat with pumpkin soup which we will make as well
make pasta week 8
make pizza week 9
what else wheat ? week 10
eggs - chooks use of eggs ask children what they know about eggs, what could we cook

# data[].attributes.body
Things to remember

Garden classes –

-              Start in small finish, finish in small space.

-              Sit in circle to share information beginning and end, inside or outside

-              Children once listened to introduction, all children can then float in and out

-              At end come together and share with all about what done and learnt

-              Enough planted to harvest for all

Discussion, talk about seasonality our community nature, whats autumn like here at trinity in Melbourne.

Eg nights colder

Days sunny and warm

Leaves help keep warmth in the soil. Vegetables grow under ground this time of year to stay warm

Always ongoing plant seeds on table so its cyclic, always something ready a seed bank

Always Ongoing jobs, weeding, compost, seeds seedlings

Children learn skills and we are the helper

A garden is like magic and it never fails to excite

1.            Housekeeping jobs – weed and water. Some children will instantly take ownership and then become experts and then can mentor others

2.            Bug detectors

3.            Planting seedlings or seeds

Other ideas nature hunt finds leaves and do leaf rubbing on calico

4. Hands on planting

Group together at end and discuss what done

Kitchen

Baskets for harvest

Clay bowls for produce and display children to make

Vase project for senses storing herbs

Clothes horse drying rack for pasta

-              Art work still life

-              Harvest table

-              Music in the garden

-              Books recipes old and new

-              Hang herbs

Touch, compare flours and ingredients. Take time…..

What does it feel like ?

What does it smell like ?

Pass round herbs

Touch scrunch smell taste – use all senses

Use glass bowls so they can watch it mix

Break all steps down

Visual recipe

Recreate on the mat

Chn draw and explain to others

When eating ask the children about the flavours they can taste, the texture.

Use of seasonal produce to cook with each week

Term 2

Harvest –

Beans

Lettuce

Pumpkin

Sweet potato

Apples

Endamame

Mushrooms

Pears

radish

Planting

-          Garlic

-          Herbs - coriander

-          Mushrooms inside

-          Broad beans

-          Cauliflower

-          Broccoli

-          onion

Cooking

Week 1 – zucchini slice

Week 2 – anzac biscuits

Week 3 -  rosemary lovoush biscuits then salad of the imagination – beans and radish and lettuce from the garden

Week 4 – apple cake

Week 5 – pear muffins

Week 6 -

Week 7 –

Week 8 –

Week 9-

Week 10

Still life

-          radish ( connor bought in )

-          Rosemary for anzac day and cooking

-          Apple

-          Zucchini

-          Eggplant

-          Mushroom

-          Fungi

-          Beetroot

Beans on the plant

# data[].attributes.body
Autumn exploration
change of seasons
leaves falling down
seed collection
plant out winter veg seedlings for winter
plant seeds for next planting
weed and water the garden
garden instillation with artist in residence - clay
insects and bugs discovery
insect hotel book and discovery
senses -discover autumn theamed herbs
motor and pestle, guessing smell. photo cards of plant, dreid herb and real herb
eg rosemary
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/535628164/montessori-sensorial-work-fine-motor?ref=shop_home_active_19
still life of autumn and winter fruit
apples
chestnuts
rosemary
radish connor
pumpkin
pear
rosemary still life
beans on plant
then green beans by self

# data[].attributes.body
over the year the children will create a seed catalogue.
seeds displayed in jars or bags or however the children research to store best a collection of seeds fromt he garden or home or what we want to plant.
done seasonally and monthy and catalogued so we know when to plant and where and with what and how to care for. when they will be ready to harvest and what we can use them for.
it would be lovely for the children in our room then to hand over to the threes at the end of the year so they continue and add to it next year.

# data[].attributes.body
all children to plant a broad bean seed
caring and watering the garden
discussion about seeds and growth
discussion about summer in the garden -
sensory exploration
summer harvest
cooking banana muffins
writing recipe as a group

# data[].attributes.body
week 3 and 4
this week
- garden discussion
what is a graden
what is a veetable garden
how do we care for it
turn soil
water soil
add strw
if seedlings plant some
plant seedlings

# data[].attributes.body
still life of Basil
cooking pasta to use passata and make basil pesto

watering and maintaining garden seedlings that have been planted as well as broad bean seeds

each week in the garden 4-5 main activities that need to be done
start a chart with the children so all have a turn
1. seeds - planting of seeds for winter crop, also collection of seeds from garden if possible and store and label seeds in the elc and create display
2. planting - this week we will plant some companion flower plants
3. - GSIR - (garden scene investigators and researchers) bug friend and foe hunt, independently roaming the garden. use clip boards,drawing what see, reporting back to group bug catchers, write newsletter for parents and our community about our garden. our garden newspaper, ipad use, gardening tips etc etc etc etc
4. -  watering /maintenance - tending to all plants in the garden
5. Harvesting - if there is produce to harvest

http://sharedtable.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/uploads/resource-library/resource-item/links/2016/12/08/link_5848dae2b235a_kgsyllabus_tc_book1_basicpastadough.pdf

http://sharedtable.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/uploads/resource-library/resource-item/links/2017/07/07/link_595ee0f6d924d_kgsyllabus_tc_book1_basilpesto.pdf

# data[].attributes.body
Our Kitchen Garden Seasonal Snapshots

Summer in the Garden

Learning about our outdoor Gardening space.

discussion

Start with healthy soil – mulch, worm castings

Happy soil happy plants

Compost

Morning sunshine is best for vegetables to grow

Mulch to prevent evaporation

Wash hands after gardening

Garden activity title –

Equipment (list)

What to do –

Steps required to complete activity

Each week complete some gardening with Loretta

Kitchen

Dishes cooked –

Recipe focus –

Eg knife skills

Salad etc etc

Whole room focus –

Safety

ideas for this term -
focus children of the week become the garden helpers of the week
once a week cook
garden formally on monday with loretta eg 11.45-1200/15
- mulching the garden
eg of lesson -
talk
plant
wash hand
observe plants draw with clip boards
find a certain herb
friends of foe hunt etc etc

art/science investigation
still life

Blog ideas
each class adds to it once a term, relating to the season.
recap what we have done. a summary of summer
eg - season heading
recipes of what cooked
still life of what planted and explored - seasonal produce
garden tips
what we did in the garden and why
childrens drawings outside
eflf outcomes
facts learnt
music and senses in the garden

# data[].attributes.body
5-9March
watering and maintaining garden seedlings that have been planted as well as broad bean seeds
each week in the garden 4-5 main activities that need to be done
start a chart with the children so all have a turn
1. seeds - planting of seeds for winter crop, also collection of seeds from garden if possible and store and label seeds in the elc and create display
2. planting - this week we will plant some companion flower plants
3. - GSIR - (garden scene investigators and researchers) bug friend and foe hunt, independently roaming the garden. use clip boards,drawing what see, reporting back to group bug catchers, write newsletter for parents and our community about our garden. our garden newspaper, ipad use, gardening tips etc etc etc etc
4. -  watering /maintenance - tending to all plants in the garden
5. Harvesting - if there is produce to harvest

kitchen and room
summer produce
explore
zucchii
tomato
strawberries
basil
- still life and cooking and researching information about the plant etc

# data[].attributes.body
week 5
26 Feb-2nd March
planting broad bean seeds individually
water seedlings that were planted last week
add straw to beds as a blanket to protect
discussions about the garden what the children know
summer sensory table
sharing ideas and thoughts about summer produce - figs, tomatoes, zucchini, basil, strawberries. all of these are harvested in summer.
tomato passata collect jars
basil pesto
(then make pizza)
still life figs -

# data[].attributes.body
continue the conversation of bees and follow up the information about what we need them
what happens if there are no bees
our food etc

still life of tomatoes
cooking of still life -  pasta sauce,

# data[].attributes.body
I wanted to think about why are we learning about bees? Why are they so important and what would happen if there were no bees? Apparently a lot! Ecosystem, food supply etc relies so much on bees which I think they will find fascinating. And this leads to our garden. How do we keep bees? What is Beauty to us? Imagine we were a bird or bee and what would they love? So clay, flowers etc.

still life - oranges
cooking of still life - orange and poppy seed muffins
tending the garden
worm farm

# data[].attributes.body
still life
fruit and flower shop
organise visit to toscanos for next week
cutting and using vegetable leaves and flowers for home corner play outside
100 colours mural
bees
senses taste different honeys
smell
cooking - honey soy chicken, greens from the garden

http://sharedtable.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/uploads/resource-library/resource-item/links/2017/07/07/link_595f0aab545f9_wok-tossed_vegetables_with_chicken.pdf
add in info sheet for parents about trying new food
http://sharedtable.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/uploads/resource-library/resource-item/links/2015/04/22/link_5536fb656d32b_learningtoapproachnewfoods.pdf

# data[].attributes.body
- senses in the garden
- planting
-  cooking
- harvesting
- flower mural 100 colours for bees
still life of fennel
still life of lettuce
cook san choy bow - in lettuce leaves, use brocollini in the mix
bee project
honey joys

# data[].attributes.body
bee investigation

why are we learning about bees? Why are they so important and what would happen if there were no bees? Apparently a lot! Ecosystem, food supply etc relies so much on bees which I think they will find fascinating. And this leads to our garden. How do we keep bees? What is Beauty to us? Imagine we were a bird or bee and what would they love? So clay, flowers etc.
large bee hive - kew gardens london
still life - orange
honey ice cream
healthy body layered painting
large room bee hive
bees to hang around light bulb

# data[].attributes.body
still life of beetroot
beetroot chips cook
make pizza or pasta dough and cook and eat
create a list of the different types of dough there are and what are the similarities and differences

# data[].attributes.body
still life of rosemary and chilli and using these in fathers day presents
children to draw still life of friend or foe and make 3d of friend or foe.
create a classroom chart of friend or foe
cook Rosemary and chilli foccacia - another type of dough, discuss this with the childrne
last week we explored 2 types of dough, bread and scones and this week, another type of bread - foccacia talk about other types of dough and then next week cook

# data[].attributes.body
send home lettuce and lemons with the children , harvest table
cook pasta for otto farewell sausage rolls
end of term  last week

still life of snow peas from the garden

# data[].attributes.body
- still life from the garden -  lavender
- set up fruit and flower shop in homecorner
- cutting and mixing leaves and herbs with cooking implements outside - discovery
- clay exploration
- lavander still life
- senses in the garden - music
- weeding and watering and observing growth of the garden

to remember for term 4
- sense
aprons
recipe book

# data[].attributes.body
Autumn ……

In the garden

This is the second major planting period of the year. Seeds planted now will be harvested during

spring and summer.

Need to clean up after exuberance of summer.

Pumpkins ready for the harvest table. New season’s garlic can be tried.

Plant spinach

Leeks planted now for spring. And some more spring onions.

Try sowing silver beet, spinach and cauliflower.

Many leafy green herbs are planted in autumn: coriander, parsley, chives, dill, borage.

Constrain mint to a pot.

Feed the soil with compost for

success throughout winter.

Discuss the plants that grow in autumn and winter.

Talk about seasonal plants, plants that are good for our needs at each season.

Eg root vegetables for soup

Pizza bed

Create 2 different gardens for a purpose soups and pizza/pasta as a different spin.

Children to make signs and labels

Herbs and vegetables for roasting, baking and pasta dishes

Put lots of mulch in the garden to protect the plants to keep them warm for winter. Naturally the autumn leaves do this but we can do it for the plants in this vegie garden.

Discuss that our soil needs to be healthy to look after our plants.

Autumn sunshine and weather conditions, discuss and talk about

Start to plant seedlings for Winter

Friends and foe hunt to keep our garden healthy

Sowing seeds in preparation for late winter

Saving seeds from our summer plants

Always wash our hands after gardening

Senses and music in the garden.

Autumn produce still life and discussions

Herb and spices discovery for Autumn

In the kitchen

Use season harvested produce such as

Apples

Pumpkin

Root vegetables

Pasta

Rosemary (anzac day) biscuits and pizza

Persimmons

Eggplant – dip

Capsicum - dip

Zucchini

beetroot

Cook seasonal food

Cook celebrational food for cultural celebrations

Discover the sights, smells and touch of different seasonal herbs such as rosemary, star anise, cinnamon, nutmeg

Sharing the recipe, we cooked with the whole group of children, through a visual recipe created by the children.

In the room

Exploring facts about the seasonal produce

Using our senses to explore the autumn produce

Touch, taste, smell and feel

Mindfulness, using all senses.

Slow and unhurried experiences and exploration

Create aprons for our cooking experiences

Use of clay for pots in the garden, platters for food etc.

Create a seasonal seed display, children to collect

Continue to create a vase display

Children create signs for the harvest table

Baskets

Old recipe books, vases etc, connection from home to school, family recipes

# data[].attributes.body
cooking demonstration bread making and scones in senior school
wednesday 23 - 11-12
- cook in classroom - bread, bring in sour dough starter and talk about this ( do this next week)
create diagrams and drawings and dialogue about our kitchen visit.
- still life of lemons
grind wheat and make own flour
minibeasts friend or foe start looking at a friend and a foe
still life of insects
start this week a group of children make dip for morning tea, rotation of groups over 4 weeks. serve with cut up veg and make pita bread chips

seed display on light table

# data[].attributes.body
- still life vegetable -  broccoli
- cooking - broccoli steamed for morning tea and broccoli dip with pita chips that the children make
- colour mixing display and project
- senses in the garden
decorations in the garden
sustainability - making paper - recycling, making books at the minute, interest in books and paper
mini beasts friends or foe, start inquiry
- Week 5 – August 15th 11am – 12pm - anne

Week 6 – August 23rd 11am -12pm - naomi
bread making and scone demonstration

# data[].attributes.body
Our Kitchen Garden Seasonal Snapshots

Summer in the Garden

Learning about our outdoor Gardening space.

discussion

Start with healthy soil – mulch, worm castings

Happy soil happy plants

Compost

Morning sunshine is best for vegetables to grow

Mulch to prevent evaporation

Wash hands after gardening

Garden activity title –

Equipment (list)

What to do –

Steps required to complete activity

Each week complete some gardening with Loretta

Kitchen

Dishes cooked –

Recipe focus –

Eg knife skills

Salad etc etc

Whole room focus –

Safety

ideas for this term -
focus children of the week become the garden helpers of the week
once a week cook
garden formally on monday with loretta eg 11.45-1200/15
- mulching the garden
eg of lesson -
talk
plant
wash hand
observe plants draw with clip boards
find a certain herb
friends of foe hunt etc etc

art/science investigation
still life

Blog ideas
each class adds to it once a term, relating to the season.
recap what we have done. a summary of summer
eg - season heading
recipes of what cooked
still life of what planted and explored - seasonal produce
garden tips
what we did in the garden and why
childrens drawings outside
eflf outcomes
facts learnt
music and senses in the garden

# data[].attributes.body
Our Kitchen Garden Seasonal Snapshots

Summer in the Garden

Learning about our outdoor Gardening space.

discussion

Start with healthy soil – mulch, worm castings

Happy soil happy plants

Compost

Morning sunshine is best for vegetables to grow

Mulch to prevent evaporation

Wash hands after gardening

Garden activity title –

Equipment (list)

What to do –

Steps required to complete activity

Each week complete some gardening with Loretta

Kitchen

Dishes cooked –

Recipe focus –

Eg knife skills

Salad etc etc

Whole room focus –

Safety

ideas for this term -
focus children of the week become the garden helpers of the week
once a week cook
garden formally on monday with loretta eg 11.45-1200/15
- mulching the garden
eg of lesson -
talk
plant
wash hand
observe plants draw with clip boards
find a certain herb
friends of foe hunt etc etc

art/science investigation
still life

Blog ideas
each class adds to it once a term, relating to the season.
recap what we have done. a summary of summer
eg - season heading
recipes of what cooked
still life of what planted and explored - seasonal produce
garden tips
what we did in the garden and why
childrens drawings outside
eflf outcomes
facts learnt
music and senses in the garden

# data[].attributes.body
ordered mosaic supplies from zart
buy a clay birdbath for children to use
children design a picture and create

# data[].attributes.headline
investigation of specific vegetables each week

# data[].attributes.subject
investigation of specific vegetables each week

# data[].attributes.body
We will spend time looking at many aspects of these,

Their appearance, shape, size, colour

How they feel

What they taste like

What they smell like

How we grow them

What are they used for.

Thanks to the children’s instinctive interest with the natural world the children are aware that the garden is a living place that requires care and attention.

The experiences within the garden and kitchen create a knowledge bank for the children to draw on.

The children will create a still life of the vegetable, they will touch it, taste it, smell it and describe it.

We will then decide on a recipe and cook with it.

# data[].attributes.body
investigation vegetable - potato
make  gnocchi – potatoes –
potato story, make potato people by pamela allen

# data[].attributes.headline
sustainability thoughts for next few weeks term, next year

# data[].attributes.subject
sustainability thoughts for next few weeks term, next year

# data[].attributes.body
Greening our world/cities/communities

How do we do this?

What can we do?

Design a plan

What would you add (a plant) to green our city/community

Why?

What’s important about that plant? What’s it for?

Green cities give us ….

Go and look at parts of our community city – that are green that aren’t green

We spoke about recycling and reusing items and what we do with our food. The boys decided that instead of having scrap bowls on the tables that they could directly use the bins in our room that are divided into 4.

Why do we recycle, not throw rubbish – natural world rivers animals etc.

We then spoke about the food scraps and that they can be used in our garden for compost.

# data[].attributes.body
wattle seed damper recipe
week 2 term 3

# data[].attributes.body
Week 2

-        Senses- touch, small, taste ( Shall we do this next week? ) - sense week 3

-        Cooking – wattle seed damper

-        Potting plants and vegetables
-       CD seed germination
-       Still life and root growth with carrots and sorrel

# data[].attributes.body
http://mrsmyerskindergarten.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/exploring-worms-investigation.html
http://mrsmyerskindergarten.blogspot.com.au/search?q=worms

# data[].attributes.body
senses -
music in the garden - what do you think ?
seed scientific drawings if seeds have sprouted
pumpkin -
Pumpkin still life
Looking at pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin soup and rosemary foccacia
Can we grow plant from these seeds?

# data[].attributes.body
- still life potatoes
cook gnocchi
read potato people story
- senses in the garden - adding music,
exploring our senses smell, taste etc
scientific seed drawings

# data[].attributes.body
http://sharedtable.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/uploads/resource-library/resource-item/links/2016/12/08/link_5848e65c486d0_kgsyllabus_tc_book1_plantingseedsinpunnets_ghk_2016.pdf

# data[].attributes.body
Term 1 pick sunflower seeds from heads of plant and dry them, term 4 plant them.

Create a  space to store and label them in the room.

Children create their own seed catalogue (folder with pockets in seasons and months) – share with the threes at end of year. Hand over
within this seed catalogue or collection of seeds children will add their knowledge, research, drawings etc.

Small glass house under bathroom windows, constant seed rotation

Before plant seedlings with children -

Gather round on a flat surface

Concrete understanding for the children

-          Show formation of plant

-          Demonstrate and do

-          Squeeze out of punnet, show them the individual plants and then pull apart so all plants individual

-          Show structure of seedlings

-          Show root system

Take time and slow right down so children gain a good understanding

To plant

Small hole

Water in hole

sing song with this seed and plant.

Then cover

And push down and water lots

Watch water absorb and then water again

Summer mulch around and then say goodnight

Songs

Poems

Sensory

take time