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Thinking about plant growth and change in the scho

Thinking about plant growth and change in the school garden this week. I’m often asked what our table activities look like, so here is is an example of an invitation to play for kids who want a break from the dirt. Another table today had journals for drawing and recording observations of plant growth, and the third table had books on the topic of seed germination to discover 🌱 Garden choices today included weeding, sifting soil, and planting seeds. The busy garden days are here!

Two things that are hard to do well: margarita piz

Two things that are hard to do well: margarita pizza and an old fashioned cocktail. Apres ski at @pizzeriaantico in Whistler doesn’t disappoint. I never post about food and drink, it’s just that good. Also, happy hour pricing. 😋

Clear blue skies this week means we can get starte

Clear blue skies this week means we can get started on our paper seed pots! We roll them before spring break so we can get our seeds started the first day back! It’s only February, but everyone is keen to get their hands in the garden, and this is one of our first chores of the growing season 🌱 Pro tip: we use all the scholastic catalogues that are collecting dust in classrooms: they’re made of thin newsprint and decompose quickly once transplanted into the garden 🌱

File this under things that make me laugh 🤣 We

File this under things that make me laugh 🤣 We are sticklers for getting kids to hang up their rain pants they’ve borrowed from the lending library. Somehow I missed how this removal of pants and boots in one piece was achieved! It’s a rare talent to peel off your borrowed boots and pants like this... and they were hung up too! 👍 Impressive!!

Looking closely at the varying attributes of seeds

Looking closely at the varying attributes of seeds today in the garden classroom. How can we reasonably guess which seeds match up with which 🌱? Many kids knew beans and sunflower seeds, mostly they said, because they eat those seeds. The pepper seeds were the third most recognized, mostly by kids who’ve had some experience preparing peppers or eating peppers with seeds still in them. A few lucky guesses on the lettuce and shallot seeds, but now they are seed identification pros! 😎 Fun in the sun in our outdoor classroom today!

If you’ve ever skied with my husband, I don’t

If you’ve ever skied with my husband, I don’t need to tell you it’s a bad idea to follow him into the trees without knowing exactly where we are heading 🙄 Happily, we lived to tell the tale... and these boys were fearless pros taking on the steep and icy moguls that greeted us on the other side of the glades! ⛷

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