Garden Pathways

 
 

101 Ways to Connect Learning to the Garden

Gardening Project Map created in the early 1980s by Vicki Greenhouse for her 2nd & 3rd grade students in Lincoln, Vermont. Orginally published in Life Lab's The Growing Classroom in 1982, reproduced in color Slow Food USA's School Garden Guide.

Science Skills

  • Observing

  • Measuring

  • Comparing

  • Predicting

  • Testing

  • Concluding

Science Related Activities

  • Soils

  • Seeds

  • Tools

  • Temperature

  • Plant Growth

  • Sunlight

  • Water Usage

Social Studies

  • Cooperative Working Skills

  • Increased Self Esteem

  • Agricultural Occupations

  • Ag Economics

  • Learning a Hobby

Language Arts Expressive Language

  • Listening

  • Speaking

  • Interviewing

  • Dramatizing

  • Questioning

  • Restating

  • Summarizing

Written Expression

  • Letter Writing

  • Journaling

  • Fictional Writing

  • Recording Observations

Reading

  • Fictional Stories

  • Literature Appreciation

  • Directions

  • Seed Packets

  • Learning Centers

Music

  • Singing

  • Instrumental Music

  • Drama

Math

  • Geometry

  • Computation

Estimating and Measuring

  • Weighing

  • Volume

  • Area

  • Time

  • Plant Growth

Recording

  • Logging

  • Graphing

  • Charting

Art

  • Charcol

  • Rubbings

  • Pen & Ink

  • Puppets

  • Garden Gifts

  • Vegetable Printing

  • Vegetable Dyes

  • Natural Collage

  • Painting

  • Sketching

Health

  • Nutrition Education

  • Foods and Diet

  • Tool Safety

  • Being Outdoors

Physical Education

  • Walking

  • Lifting

  • Carrying

  • Digging

  • Planting

  • Raking

  • Dexterity and Balance

View our School Garden Resource page.