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- How do students connect with nature?
- How does gardening help students learn?
- What lessons can be taught in a school garden?
- How teachers can help parents?
- How do teachers address parents?
How do students connect with nature?
Using the same sit spot repeatedly allows students to make observations about any changes they may see. Or sit spots can be moved, allowing students the chance to see how different spaces are similar to and different from each other. Nature journaling is most effective when offered as more than a one-time activity.
How does gardening help students learn?
Studies show that garden-based nutrition education improves students' eating habits by increasing their knowledge of, preference for, and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Increasing physical activity while gardening can be fairly easy and simple. Gardening, itself, is great exercise.
What lessons can be taught in a school garden?
Planting a garden requires teamwork, patience, and perseverance. Caring for a living thing, watching it grow and thrive, and reaping the harvest teaches respect, pride, and commitment. Although these skills are rarely tested, or recorded, these are the lessons that will stick with students throughout their lifetime.
How teachers can help parents?
Communicate Learning Goals
Parents and guardians need the “I can” statements that define learning goals. If parents know the goal, they can find alternative learning opportunities to get to that end, and they can evaluate if their child actually can do it when they are done.
How do teachers address parents?
So when addressing parents, teachers should address them by their surname: “Mr. Lewis” or “Mrs. Hernandez,” and not by first names. It sets an example of respect for students when they hear teachers address parents by their surnames.
