What Grew in Larry’s Garden

What Grew in Larry’s Garden
Author: Laura Alary
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 152530531X

A girl and her neighbor grow a community from their garden. Grace thinks Larry’s garden is one of the wonders of the world. In his tiny backyard, Larry grows extraordinary vegetables, with Grace as his helper. They water and weed, plant and prune, hoe and harvest. And whenever there’s a problem, Grace and Larry solve it together. Grace soon learns that Larry has big plans for the vegetables in his garden. And when the garden faces its biggest problem yet, Grace follows Larry’s example to find the perfect solution. Amazing things can grow when you tend your garden with kindness.

Plant the Tiny Seed

Plant the Tiny Seed
Author: Christie Matheson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-01-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780062393395

How do you make a garden grow? In this playful companion to the popular Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers. And by tapping, clapping, waving, and more, young readers can join in the action! Christie Matheson masterfully combines the wonder of the natural world with the interactivity of reading. Beautiful collage-and-watercolor art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful butterflies. Children engage with the book as they wiggle their fingers to water the seeds, clap to make the sun shine after rain, and shoo away a hungry snail. Appropriate for even the youngest child, Plant the Tiny Seed is never the same book twice—no matter how many times you read it! And for curious young nature lovers, a page of facts about seeds, flowers, and the insects and animals featured in the book is included at the end. Fans of Press Here, Eric Carle, and Lois Ehlert will find their next favorite book in Plant the Tiny Seed.

Gardening with Children

Gardening with Children
Author: Monika Hanneman
Publisher: BBG Guides for a Greener Plane
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781889538907

Brooklyn Botanic Garden--home of the oldest continuously operating children's garden in North America--offers a groundbreaking handbook that helps parents, teachers, and community gardeners introduce kids to the pleasures of gardening. In addition to growing common plants from seed, children will become more aware of nature's cycles and earth's ecology, and enjoy a variety of fun projects.

Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs

Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs
Author: Natasha Etherington
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857005995

Winner of the American Horticultural Therapy Association's Book Publication Award 2014 A garden or nature setting presents the perfect opportunity for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and special needs to learn, play and strengthen body and mind. This book empowers teachers and parents with little gardening know-how to get outside and use nature to motivate young learners. Using a mindfulness approach, Natasha Etherington presents a simple gardening program that offers learning experiences beyond those a special needs student can gain within the classroom. The book outlines the many positive physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional and social benefits of getting out into the garden and provides specially adapted gardening activities for a variety of needs, including those with developmental disabilities and behavioural difficulties, as well as wheelchair users. With a focus on the therapeutic potential of nature, the book shows that gardening can help reduce feelings of anxiety, provide an outlet for physical aggression, build self-esteem through the nurturing of plants and much more. With this practical program, teachers and parents can easily adopt gardening activities into their schedules and enjoy the benefits of introducing children with special needs to nature and the rhythms of the seasons.

The Garden Classroom

The Garden Classroom
Author: Cathy James
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1611801648

Creative ways to use the garden to inspire learning, for kids ages 4-8 Packed with garden-based activities that promote science, math, reading, writing, imaginative play, and arts and crafts, The Garden Classroom offers a whole year of outdoor play and learning ideas—however big or small your garden. Every garden offers children a rich, sensory playground, full of interesting things to discover and learn about. There's a whole lot of science happening right before their eyes. The garden can also be a place to develop math and literacy skills, as the outdoors offers up plenty of invitations to weave learning into everyday gardening. The garden classroom is a place where plants grow, and where children grow too.

Sow and Grow

Sow and Grow
Author: Tina Davis
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781584796732

An indoor gardening guide discussing growth, care, and planting. All the lessons learned from this book can be used in outdoor gardens as well.

My Hair is a Garden

My Hair is a Garden
Author: Cozbi A. Cabrera
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807509248

NEA'S READ ACROSS AMERICA 2019-2020 CALENDAR Like every good garden, my hair must be cared for and nourished, tilled, and weeded. After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more and she seeks guidance from her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in the backyard as a metaphor, Miss Tillie shows Mackenzie that maintaining healthy hair is not a chore nor is it something to fear. Most importantly, Mackenzie learns that natural black hair is beautiful.

Gardening with Children

Gardening with Children
Author: Kim Wilde
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Children's gardens
ISBN: 9780007246519

Bursting with fun ideas for getting—and keeping—kids interested in the outdoors, this title offers projects in which children play an active role in gardening, along with insightful tips for making a family garden educational and exciting. Along with guidelines for safety in the garden, ideas for maintaining a child’s attention span throughout the sometimes slow gardening process are also included. Illustrated, step-by-step projects range from creative ways to plant and making scarecrows, to creating wormeries and tile mosaics. Indoor projects for rainy days are also included, as well as a plant directory identifying child-friendly plants, chosen for their speedy growth, enticing smell, cost effectiveness, and ease of handling.

A Big Hug Book: Your Mind Is Like a Garden

A Big Hug Book: Your Mind Is Like a Garden
Author: Shona Innes
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-08
Genre: Gardens
ISBN: 9781760406257

These beautifully illustrated picture books encourage discussion about the everyday emotive issues that children face in todays world. Your mind is a bit like an amazing garden. A garden has lots of tracks and paths that lead in different directions. It has wide open spaces where we can create and play. A garden has places to grow things and do work. It has clever parts that help us to grow and learn.

Easy Peasy

Easy Peasy
Author: Kirsten Bradley
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9783899558241

With this introduction to easy gardening, kids can make their own pots, build balcony boxes, create their own bird feeders, and more. Each activity features simple, fun, and easy-to-follow steps accompanied by beautiful spot illustrations. Full color.