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any experts believe that school
gardens offer a powerful
_______________ to the sugary
path leading to childhood obesity.
Growing food in a school garden not only
teaches students where food comes from
and how it grows, but also helps kids to
establish _______________
eating habits. The fruits
and vegetables grown can
even become part of a
school's __________ program.
But gardens can provide other _________,
too. When kids grow gardens, they learn
about plants, soil, __________________
and water management, and the fields of
biology, ecology and environmental
studies. They will probably pay closer
______________ to the weather.
You don't even need a plot of land
to grow plants. Window boxes or
__________________ can easily
provide a start for early learners. A
__________________ garden or a
water garden also provide learning
opportunities.
Here's an
easy way to start a garden of your
very own. You'll need an adult helper,
a sunny window and patience!
Draw a line from each vegetable
picture to its name. How many can
you identify correctly? Check your
answers below and score 3 points
for every one you get right. Give
yourself an extra 3 points for each
of these vegetables that
you have eaten in the
last 10 days.
On one page of the
magazine, find the
letters that spell these
vegetables that
gardeners like to grow.
Connect the dots that
spell each word.
onion
kale
carrot
beet
pepper
raddish
cabbage
artichoke
broccoli
zucchini
With an adult's
help, cut the top
off an empty milk
carton.
Punch five small
holes in the
bottom of the
carton for
drainage.
Fill the carton with soil
about an inch from the
top. Plant three to five
seeds and gently push
them into the soil.
Place your planter on
a plate in a window
and dampen the soil
with water.
Sounds Good
To crop a picture is to cut away, change the
size or eliminate parts that detract from the
overall image. Cut out ten pictures from the
magazine. Crop each picture until you have
an image you think is just right.
What fraction of each type of vegetable is growing in this
school garden?
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
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