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Pumpkins and petunias, things for children to do in gardens, by Esther Railton-Rice and Irene Winston

eng

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index present

non fiction

Pumpkins and petunias

by Esther Railton-Rice and Irene Winston

things for children to do in gardens

This book explains how to select and adapt activities that are suitable for the specific garden and the specific children, and guidelines for safety. All of the activities are to be conducted outdoors and use the garden for content and materials, not just for s space

Dedication -- Foreward -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- For whom is this book written? -- Garden activities implement the current standards for education -- What kinds of gardens are we talking about? -- National attention to the need for garden and outdoor experience -- What if the garden is already planted? -- Using the garden as more than a place to play -- How to use the activities -- Safety in the garden -- Materials needed -- Writing -- Things to do -- Let's explore -- Homes of animals -- Pond life -- Insects flying on gossamer wings -- Spiderwebs -- Let's observe -- Will it rain soon? -- The garden air -- Interesting little stones -- Playing with dirt -- Clouds -- Behavior of living things -- Biodiversity -- Effects of the wind -- Bird-wtaching -- The garden at night -- Let's make something -- Using plants as art tools -- Falling leaves and bits of bark -- preparing lunch -- Seed design -- Drawing shadows -- Making a collage -- Discovering textures -- Arranging bouquets -- Let's measure -- Comparing plants -- Shapes -- Nature's geometry -- How many and how big? -- Let's make music -- Food chain song -- Nature's band -- Musical gourds -- Listening in the garden -- Songs of nature -- Let's make believe -- The leaf fairy -- Playing house and playing store -- Hollyshock dolls -- Leaf money -- Imitating the animals -- Moving with the wind -- Let's play a game -- Finger play -- Pretend to be a plant or animal -- Playing with dandelions -- Playing with shadows -- Enjoying garden poetry -- Let's enjoy winter -- Playing in the snow -- Gathering food in winter -- Tracks in the snow -- Watching winter birds -- Looking closely at snowflakes -- Trees and twigs -- Appendix -- A. Common core standards for language arts -- B. Common core standards for Mathematics -- C. Next generation science standards -- D.1 NAEYC criteria for social development -- D. 2 NAEYC criteria for mathematics -- D.3 NAEYC criteria for science -- D.4 NAEYC criteria for arts, health and safety, social studies -- Index