School Garden

Visual of a school garden showcasing children's winter decorations.

Your School Garden: How Can You Actually Live Your Best Life There this Winter?

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No one could believe where my 20-year tradition of decorating our school garden came from. After all, who would ever dream a family tradition that my mother started over 50 years ago could still impact children these days? Mom had no idea she was engaging in inquiry based learning with her 5, 8, 10 and […]

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Visual representing "What Inquiry Based Learning Is About" showcasing kindergartners using water droppers throughout their school garden

What Inquiry Based Learning Is: How Could Thoughtful Kindergartners Impact a Village?

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Join my kindergartners as they discover what inquiry based learning is. It started with a simple water dropper on the first day of kindergarten. Shuffling twenty-two droppers into outstretched hands, I asked the kids to explore the garden using the droppers and pointed to some scattered water buckets. They rushed off, excited to be first

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