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Learning
Landscapes: 3 Sisters Garden |
Kindergarten – 1st
Grade: The Three Sisters Garden
As kindergarteners the
students learn the Native American story of the
3 Sisters. They then go to the outdoor
classroom/school garden to plant corn, beans and
squash. Each student receives a 3 Sisters
coloring book and one squash plant to take home.
In the fall as first graders the students travel
to White’s Mill where the Learning Landscapes
staff rotates students through corn, beans, and
squash stations. Corn station: students take a
tour of the Mill, grind corn into meal, eat
popcorn and explore different varieties of dried
corn. Bean station: students shell several
varieties of dried beans, count and sort color.
Squash station: students will smash pumpkins and
look at them under magnifying
lenses/microscopes, explore different varieties
of squash/gourds and eat pumpkin cupcakes.
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Students enjoy eating
pumpkin cupcakes. |
Exploration of the insides
of a pumpkin is always fun! |
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Pass
the pumpkin; guess the
weight… Incorporating math
skills by using games. |
Chef
Jassen from a local
restaurant visits the
outdoor classroom to help
students learn how to make
pumpkin cupcakes. |
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