Earth Heroes

Students from the Pre-K classes came by the Family Resource Center ELSEE garden and sat on a tarp on the ground to listen to today’s lesson. Today’s focus was on the milkweed and monarch butterfly. The monarch travels from Canada to Michoacan, Mexico during the time of November- March.

We listened to traditional music from Morelia,…

This week at the Family Resource Center we learned about the California Poppy. Parents and children tried a salad made from garden greens and a poppy seed salad dressing. We also had tea made from two herbs harvested right from the garden – mint and lemon verbena. Lemon verbena has been a favorite herb of…

The Elderberry Tree we focused on today sits just outside the Educare space, behind a fence. But this didn’t stop the children from spying the tiny Elderberry flowers with their little eyes!

Teacher Allegra shared that the word “Elder” refers to a relative that is older and, perhaps, wiser than we are. The Elderberry earns this…

We shared our lesson with herbs at the FRC again this Thursday. The children’s eyes widened with wonder when they saw all of the different herbs as well as the purple, yellow, and pink natural play dough. The sage, lavender, rosemary, and marigold were specially featured in the story, The Rainbow Children.

For our gratitude of…

Today, we had some very happy families join us at the FRC. The elderflower tree already had some lovely blooms. We featured two delicious elderflower cordials to share with the families. The mothers really enjoyed learning how to make their own elder flower cordial and how it supports the immune system and overall health. The…

We had a wonderful time teaching this week’s tree lesson in the gentle rain. The children couldn’t get enough of the freshly sliced oranges and apples. Learning about how oranges come from orange blossoms excited them. So much so that they nestled their baby orange blossom in a tiny leaf.

One child brought the teachers a…

We began by introducing ourselves and our children. Then Jasmine passed out rosemary, Mexican marigold, sage, and lavender to each child and parent. These herbs were grown in our teaching gardens, our teacher’s home, and the Rosicrucian Egyptian Park in San Jose. They were cut with love and intention to share and teach our community…

Today in the garden, Allegra introduced the children to composting. But today was so much more than that! Today was the day that we observed the totality of the children’s experiences in the garden coming together to introduce them to the cycle of life of the plants in the garden.

The children are familiar with the…

After our tree yoga, we enjoyed a delicious snack. We enjoyed fresh homemade orange juice and apple slices. The selection of the snack was very intentional for this class as orange trees are evergreen and apple trees are deciduous. The children loved the apples. There was one child in particular who kept returning for apples.…

Today in the garden, Allegra introduced the children to composting. But today was so much more than that! Today was the day that we observed the totality of the children’s experiences in the garden coming together to introduce them to the cycle of life of the plants in the garden.

The children are familiar with the…