What is The Garden Learning Program?
The Garden Learning Program (GLP) was developed around 24 grade five students at King George Community Public School in Prince Albert Saskatchewan.
The program is built around Garden Based Learning which is simply defined as an instructional strategy that utilizes the garden as an experiential teaching tool. It provides integrated learning experiences across disciplines, through active engagement in real- world experiences, bringing abstract concepts to life.
The program falls under the category Life Science in which the living laboratory of the garden has something to contribute to each student’s learning style, at their own developmental level.
The hope is that through the use of place-based learning an opportunity will be provided for elementary school students to connect with the curriculum. Hopefully this will impact on integral development in a positive way!
Further the program aims to develop student understanding of "bigger" issues such as citizenship and expands on the idea of environmental sustainability.
The program uses the principles of the 3 R's :
Responsibility
Respect
Reward
These principles form the cornerstones of the program.
If success is to be achieved there must be mutual agreement that these principles be adhered to.
The garden acts as a catalyst for so many different aspects of learning. From literacy to healthy eating habits & good food choices, students learn about terminology, where their food comes from and that they have choices in life!
The program is built around Garden Based Learning which is simply defined as an instructional strategy that utilizes the garden as an experiential teaching tool. It provides integrated learning experiences across disciplines, through active engagement in real- world experiences, bringing abstract concepts to life.
The program falls under the category Life Science in which the living laboratory of the garden has something to contribute to each student’s learning style, at their own developmental level.
The hope is that through the use of place-based learning an opportunity will be provided for elementary school students to connect with the curriculum. Hopefully this will impact on integral development in a positive way!
Further the program aims to develop student understanding of "bigger" issues such as citizenship and expands on the idea of environmental sustainability.
The program uses the principles of the 3 R's :
Responsibility
Respect
Reward
These principles form the cornerstones of the program.
If success is to be achieved there must be mutual agreement that these principles be adhered to.
The garden acts as a catalyst for so many different aspects of learning. From literacy to healthy eating habits & good food choices, students learn about terminology, where their food comes from and that they have choices in life!