[Garden] Daycare Education Program - Volunteers Needed

[gcmichal]

It seems to me that it would make more sense for the daycare to have  
its own small garden within a short toddler walk of the daycare.  (Is  
this the daycare up at the farmhouse on the north campus, or another  
one?)  Then they could even get the kids involved in planting simple  
things (radishes, carrots, tomatoes, sunflowers, calendula, corn,  
etc) and checking them more frequently.  Have they thought of that?   
It should be pretty easy.
- Greg
On Dec 12, 2007, at 10:40 AM, clstryke at fesmail.uwaterloo.ca wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I recently met with a ERS student who is interested in setting up a
> link between our garden and the daycare on campus.  She (and the
> daycare) are interested in coming to the garden once a month starting
> in May until the end of summer for a field trip and to teach the kids
> about gardening.
>
> She is in the process of coming up with some short half hour lessons
> for the children but is in need of a keen volunteer, or volunteers,
> who would be interested in administering the lessons each month.
> There will be 16 kids between that ages of 3 and 7.  She said it could
> be different gardeners giving each lesson but so long as there is a
> gardener present to work with the kids for each of the lessons.  Since
> they are so small the lessons would probably be more sensory based
> having them just touch and feel things as opposed to doing much actual
> work.  Their supervisor from the daycare would be with them too so you
> wouldn't be all alone.  I just thought I would throw this out there
> and if anyone is interested they can contact Stefani DeAngelis at
> s2deange at fesmail.uwaterloo.ca.
>
> Thanks,
> Candace
>
>
>
>
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