This book offers hands-on activities from the educators at Life Lab that teachers can incorporate into their curriculum and instruction to help students learn and lead healthy lives. Preschool-age children will engage all of their senses as they investigate and explore the joys of gardening. Your young students will develop a lifelong connection to the outdoors as they dig into the soil; observe birds, insects, and other critters in the garden; and enjoy the tastes of fresh fruits and vegetables they have helped to plant, harvest, and prepare.

This fun hands-on activity is a great way for students to learn about germination and watch grass grow. Students fill a nylon full of soil, a sprinkle of grass seed, and watch as their buddy grows "hair".  Click here for the lesson. Soil is not provided with this kit. Turf Buddy Birth Certificate  This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Nylons, grass seed, and a paper lesson plan Please put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.

This a sensible book, well-focused, and highly readable handbook that provides essential information on the care of our most precious resource, our soil. Soil-building techniques include: organic matter management; on-site composting; cultivation and weed control; green manures and rotations; nutrient balances and soil testing; planning for organic certification. The Soul of Soil is more relevant than ever as the importance of organic certification is becoming widely recognized. This book needs to be returned. 

On the ground or up a fence, vines grow longer each day. Many fruits and vegetables grow on garden vines. Tomatoes are one of those! Readers learn about how tomatoes grow. Paired with beautiful images readers will feel like they are in the garden! Vocabulary words in this book include: fertilize, nutrient, pollen, soil, and many more. This book will need to be returned.