Storytime Stew was presented by Suzanne McGrath and Lorraine Turk. Both women worked together to acquire a CAMP grant which supported their idea of teaching children about gardening. From listening to them, their program sounded like a gardening camp. Each step in the process of gardening was used as a learning opportunity for the kids. They also used vegetables and fruits from their garden to cook something to eat each day that they met. Each meeting was 2 hours long and their activities ranged from raising worms for the soil they make to pickling cucumbers.
Some books that were used for the planning process:
-Growing Your Own Pizza
-Growing Food in the Southwest
- Literature in the Garden
- Worms Eat My Garbage
- Miss Spider's ABC
This sounded like a really cool activity and they indicated that even if you don't have the space for a full garden, you can work with container gardens.
This presentation had a really good and detailed packet of information and I would be happy to copy it for anyone who would like it, just shoot me an e-mail.
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