1. Learning Through Gardening Ms. Ortega Kindergarten2009-2010

2. What We’ve Learned This Year: Gardening: Gardening: Planting Planting Caring for Crops Caring for Crops Observing Observing Harvesting Harvesting

3. Gardening We’ve learned how to prepare the land and plant many seeds. We’ve learned how to prepare the land and plant many seeds.

4. We cared for our crops and watched them grow! We cared for our crops and watched them grow! We learned how important it is to water our vegetables and that they get lots of sunlight. We learned how important it is to water our vegetables and that they get lots of sunlight.

5. It is very important to watch our crops grow. It is very important to watch our crops grow. We observe our crops weekly and write in our Gardening Journal. We observe our crops weekly and write in our Gardening Journal. We are able to track their growth each week. We are able to track their growth each week. We measure our tall plants using standard and nonstandard measurements. We measure our tall plants using standard and nonstandard measurements.

6. Our favorite part of Gardening is Harvesting. Our favorite part of Gardening is Harvesting. This is when we go out to our garden and take our vegetables out. This is when we go out to our garden and take our vegetables out. We learned that some vegetables have to be pulled out, like carrots, some are picked like pole beans, and others are cut like lettuce. We learned that some vegetables have to be pulled out, like carrots, some are picked like pole beans, and others are cut like lettuce.

7. Vegetables Planted this Year: Carrots Carrots Pole Beans Pole Beans Bush Beans Bush Beans Lettuce Lettuce Cucumber Cucumber Tomato Tomato Popcorn Popcorn Pak Choy Pak Choy Eggplant Eggplant Squash Squash Corn Corn Pumpkin Pumpkin

8. Cooking: We were able to take our vegetables from our garden and cooking them! We were able to take our vegetables from our garden and cooking them! We loved doing taste tests! We loved doing taste tests! We learned that not all things that are good for you taste bad. We learned that not all things that are good for you taste bad.

9. We learned measurements through our cooking lessons. We learned measurements through our cooking lessons. We learned about measuring cups and measuring spoons. We learned about measuring cups and measuring spoons. We also learned measuring terms like “a pinch” or “heaping”. We also learned measuring terms like “a pinch” or “heaping”.

10. We Love Gardening and Cooking!!!!