kitchen gardens: a naturalistic approach to language development with a focus on sustainability

Connecting schools and families

Environmental Education for Sustainability

Cross curricular

Learning and

Teaching

• Beginning School • Early Intervention • Repetitive Behaviour

• Types of Play

• Animals and Children

• Naturalistic Approach

Teamwork

Community Connections

Cross curricular

• Commencement 2009 – evolved. Focus is Oral Language

• Number of students/sessions/time/types of students

• Develops new language experiences, social skills and an awareness and respect for the environment

• No Dig garden/recycling/composting/worm farms/cooking

• Excursions

• Syllabus outcomes

• Literacy Activities

• Garden Activities

Curriculum integration resources

Why Birds?

‘Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.’ Roger Tory Peterson

• Indigenous curriculum links

• Biodiversity

• Science Outcomes

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• Share learning

• View different approaches

• Celebrate outcomes

• Connect schools and community

• Praxis

• Relevant to Society

• Holistic

• Values Orientated

• Action oriented

• Critical Education

• Incorporates a Futures Perspective