Healthy Food Choices - Gardening for the Home and Classroom

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GeoSafari Sprout & Grow Window

From Educational Insights

See plant science in action from roots to leaves. Features transparent, self-supporting window planter that allows students to view what happens beneath the soil as plants sprout, develop roots and grow tall. Includes bean and pea seed packets, enriched soil for optimum growth, step-by-step instructions, suggested activities, and journal pages for writing about observations. Planter stands on a windowsill or tabletop and measures 10" x 8". Ages 5 and up.

GeoSafari Sprout & Grow Window LER-5101......$19.99

Growing a Garden

By Mari Schuh

This book gives simple, step-by-step instructions for starting and caring for a garden. Library binding, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.

Growing a Garden CS-9842......$13.99

eyelike Stickers: in the Garden -
400 reuseable stickers inspired by nature

From Workman Publishing

Explore all the wonders of the garden sans dirt with this eclectic sticker book! The 400 sticker collection coordinates images by color further illuminating the vibrant hues of delicious fruits and vegetables, flowers, insects, and animals! Bright and inventive stickers inspire imagination while allowing one to re-use, re-stick, and re-create decorative designs. Stickers approx. ½” to 2”. Softcover, 12 pages. Ages 4-8.

eyelike Stickers: in the Garden WP-0813......$6.95

Edible Schoolyard: A Univeral Idea

By Alice Waters

Executive chef and owner of renowned Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California - Alice Walters shares an innovative approach to integrating academic subjects with growing, cooking and sharing healthy food. As children grow and harvest fresh fruits and vegetables alongside their teachers, they learn about biology, ecology, chemistry and more. This triumphant account serves as an inspiring model. Hardcover, 79 pages. Ages 8 and up.

Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea HT-2806......$24.95

This inventive book is jam packed with an abundance of information about plants and loaded with flaps to lift, wheels to turn and tabs to pull. As children make their way through this highly interactive book, they will see that the world is a garden that grows everything we need from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the books we read. Hardcover, 12 pages. Ages 4-8.

The Global Garden IPG-9163......$19.99

The Root Viewer is a great way to learn how vegetables grow. It comes with a wooden tube holder, three plastic root viewers, growing medium, growing journal, growing instructions and onion, carrot, and radish seeds. Watch the vegetables grow right before your eyes! This is a fun and educational experience for kids of all ages.

Root Viewer TS-2891......$9.95

From inside the classroom to the backyard, beginning gardeners can learn the importance of working with nature. With a handful of seeds, pail of water, and sack of soil any child can begin their journey to watching what they plant, grow! With over 80 garden activities, this guide is perfect for children just starting out or those who have already worked the soil with their own hands. Find new ways to enjoy the outdoors and each other as children work together for a common goal, Green Thumbs! Ages 3-9. Softcover, 132 pages.

Green Thumbs IPG-2383......$14.95

This fun, colorful gardening book will provide you and your kids with over 300 indoor gardening projects and fascinating stories! Learn to grow things like peanut plants, fruit trees, or find out how to raise earthworms, pill bugs, and snails! This book will also answer many common questions. Do all apples have the same number of seeds? Does all soil have the same ingredient mixture? Get this book and find the answers to these and many, many more questions! Softcover. 220 pages. Ages 8-12.

Gardening Wizardry for Kids B-1317......$16.95

Kids learn how to be gardeners and how to turn the fruits of their labors into tasty dishes and interesting crafts! They grow house plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs – in the country or the city, in the backyard or in a window box. Features include “Did You Know” facts, “Try This!” activities, “Garden Giggles,” and more. Softcover, 104 pages. Ages 6-10.

Ready, Set, Grow! A Kid's Guide to Gardening GY-6139......$12.95

Educators who want to help children in grades K-6 learn about healthy alternatives to fast foods will be delighted to discover this book. It offers 45 experiential activities that help children understand more about nutrition, agriculture, and recycling. The lessons are keyed to the benchmarks for science literacy and links to children’s literature and easily accessible resources are included. Softcover, 256 pages.

Healthy Food From Healthy Soils THP-2421......$19.95