Garden Lapbook
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This year my kids and I are going to be growing a garden. I want it to be a very educational activity for them and I thought a garden lapbook might make a good supplement to growing a garden. I have included ideas, resources, printables and books that would make for a good gardening unit study. Most of these resources are suitable for about an elementary age child. If you need more information on how to make a lapbook, then scroll down and watch the video that I have included. For more ideas on growing a garden with children, then check out this page: Gardening Ideas for Kids.
Learn About Gardening with Children
- Growing Vegetables
- There is nothing quite like the delight of growing your own vegetables. Growing vegetables is easy and the benefits of homegrown vegetables are manifold.
- Learning Activities
- Growing plants and gardening offer loads of learning activities which can be incorporated into school curriculum or home education, from basic maths to environmental issues.
- Container Gardens for Kids
- Container gardening can offer all sorts of benefits. From flowers and herbs for the kitchen to quite exotic plants, gardening in containers offers a wealth of possibilities.
- Topsy Turvy Tomatoes
- Tomato plants love the sun, so even if you plant them upside down, they'll find their way to the light. For a fun family project, give it a try and see for yourself.
- Build a Butterfly Garden
- Introduce children to the study of butterflies by planting and tending an attractive flower garden.
- For Kids
- Garden Activity Ideas from "Nutrition in the Garden"
#1 Root View Box
Lay a half gallon milk container on its side or stand straight up and cut off the top.
Cut a window out of one of the sides leaving 1/2 inch of carton around the edges.
Good Books for a Gardening Unit
Some Suggestions for a Gardening Lapbook
- Differences and similarities of flower gardens and vegetable gardens.
- Type of gardens, raised bed, container, row gardens, square foot gardens, ect.
- Tell about composting.
- How do worms break down soil?
- Plant life cycle
- Good bugs/ bad bugs
- What is organic gardening and how is it different from regular gardening?
- A diary of the plants that you grow.
- Garden bed plans.
- Graph of the plants that are grown.
- Seed dispersal.
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Garden Printables, Mini Books and Lapbooks
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Lapbook
- Plenty of garden lapbook templates that were created to go with the picture book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
- Snails Lapbook
- Learn about snails, a common garden pest.
- Growing Vegetable Soup
- A lapbook based on the picture book, Growing Vegetable Soup. This page has lots of resources for a garden lapbook.
- In the Garden Lapbook
- Cute lapbook and printables for a garden lapbook.
- Sunflower Chart
- Chart how tall your sunflower is getting!
- The Trellis and the Seed Lapbook
- This is a lapbook for the book The Trellis and the Seed. It has some good printables that would be suitable for a garden lapbook.
- Popcorn at the Palace
- Unit study for the book Popcorn at the Palace. There are several suitable printables for gardening, especially about corn and popcorn.
- Plant Lapbook
- Lots of lapbook stuff for studying plants.
- Parable of the Lily Lapbook
- This page has a few printables that would work well in a gardening lapbook. It is based on the book Parable of the Lily.
- Garden Lapbook
- Lots of minibooks that are great for a garden lapbook!
- Botany Lapbook
- Botany- the study of plants. This pages has lots of plant study minibooks.
- The Carrot Seed Lapbook
- Minibooks and lapbook resources for the book The Carrot Seed.
- Flower Anatomy
- Label the flower.
- Miss Rumphius Lapbook
- Resources for the book, Miss Rumphius. This page has several minibooks and printables that are suitable for a garden lapbook.
- Bulb Anatomy
- A printout of a bulb's anatomy.
- Flower Life Cycle
- Life cycle of flowers printable cards.
- Leaf Printable
- Label the leaf.
- Peanut Plant
- A printable about the peanut plant.
- Label the Plant
- Label the plant printable.
- Bean Plant
- Label the sprouting bean plant.
- Bean Plant Life Cycle
- Bean plant life cycle printable cards.
- Green Things-N-Gardens Interactive Notebook
- This is for an interactive notebook, but has things that can be used in a lapbook.
- Earthworm Lapbook Minibooks
- Earthworms are very important to a garden. Learn more about these little creatures here.
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How to Make a Lapbook
Here is a video I found on YouTube on how to make a lapbook.
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lasertek
May 30, 2011 @ 9:54 am | delete
- kids should be taught how to garden, its a fun and educational activity.
really informative lens, kudos!
Take a peek at my lens, Homeschooling 101: Guide to Free Curriculum and Other Resources.
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Melissa
Mar 29, 2011 @ 9:08 pm | delete
- http://www.soil-net.com/dev/page.cfm?pageid=activities_sheets&loginas=anon_activities
This site has a pdf file to download with tons of activities on soil, plants, etc!
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tandemonimom Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:16 pm | delete
- Very creative! ** BLESSED ** and featured on Blessed by Tandemonimom!
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SpellOutloud
Mar 17, 2011 @ 12:43 pm | delete
- Great list of gardening resources!
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Blessedmombygrace
Mar 16, 2011 @ 7:49 am | delete
- We plan a garden this year too. Last year we built boxes to make square foot garden, but I was just too pregnant to get the plants in them. So this year we are doing it! Great lapbook resources here. I bookmarked it so I can come back.
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