Thank goodness that Windsor got an IPad for Christmas, and doesn't mind sharing with me! It has been very cool to use this teaching tool in the classroom. Today we used it to show the children how we were going to plant our community project, potato towers. We talked with the children about how how even though they may live in the city, you can still have a garden. Our potato towers are a neat way of gardening vertically. I showed them a website that detailed how to do this step-by-step.
Here Mrs. Regina is showing the children the eyes of the potato, and teaching them how to plant them so they are "looking out".
Mrs. Renee talked with the children about about how God created everything, and how we are thankful for the good things he gave us to enjoy.
Then we went out to do our planting.
These girls are looking for the "eyes".
We filled the towers with alternating layers of compost and potatoes.
We lined the towers with straw to keep the moisture in.
Then we gave the towers a good drink of water.
We topped each one off with some flowers, just to add a little color to our play ground.
Working in the garden can be messy!
It was another great day at preschool, working in the garden. We learned new words, compost, evaporation, germinate, cylinder, and lots more. We got our hands dirty and will hopefully soon see the results of our hard work. If all goes as planned, we should have about 50 pounds of potatoes to harvest this summer/fall!
Here is a link to our project idea:
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