If you love to garden and want to share that joy & satisfaction with your kids...
If you want your kids to learn and bloom and grow - both inside and out...
Then Do Not Miss our brand new Green Thumb Family Resource "Toolkit"!It really doesn't matter if your garden
is just a few potted plants, or a couple of flower beds, or even a king-sized truck garden.
Our brand new Green Thumb Family Toolkit is designed to encourage and inspire your
family to learn together, work together and grow together... all Spring and Summer long!* Great garden ideas, tips & projects
* Tried & True Advice from Homeschool Families
* Practical Character building resources
* Homeschool Unit Studies
* Vintage Living Books
...and we're just getting started!Here's what you get in our Green Thumb Family "toolkit"
(all of these are instantly downloadable PDF ebooks!)
How Does Your Garden Grow?
A Complete Elementary Grades Unit Study by Lynda CoatsWondering how you could possibly make your garden a central part of your homeschooling this spring? Wonder no more! This complete Unit Study by veteran Homeschool writer and pioneer Lynda Coats (author Far Above Rubies, Blessed Is The Man & more) provides DOZENS of learning projects and activities encompassing Literature, Bible study, Character Building, Cultural Studies, Physical Fitness, Computer Skills, Life Skills, Mathematics, Science and History -- all centered around your own garden! Whether your "garden" is a few potted plants on the porch or a full-fledged, king-sized garden patch, you'll find an amazing variety of lessons and activities that will make this Spring a "growing season" in more ways than one. Over 200 (!) separate educational activities & project ideas, with links to online resources & more. An amazing resource!
Greening Up Your Homeschool:
Tips & Ideas for Integrating Gardening into your Homeschool
A “Green Thumb Family” GuideWhat more ways you can integrate your homeschool studies with gardening? Here is a collection of advice from other homeschooling families who have done just that! Some wonderful ideas here... Read, glean, and use what works for you!
Our Favorite Gardening Activities
A “Green Thumb Family” GuideWe surveyed over 300 families (homeschoolers, homesteaders, city folk and gardeners) and asked them to share their suggestions for successfully integrating gardening into homeschooling and making “growing thing” a part of their family life. This is a compilation of many of their best answers. This is real-life advice, and there are LOTS of great ideas and insights in these pages. Read, glean, and utilize what fits you best!
Making It Grow:
How to Keep Gardening Positive & Fun for your KidsWhat is the worst "turn off" for kids as far as gardening is concerned? This Green Thumb Family report is filled with advice, tips and words of wisdom from other homeschool parents. A great way to avoid garden "burnout" and keep your family gardening time positive and fun. Excerpt: "Gardening is not about 'doing school'. For boys, it's about getting your hands in the dirt, playing with worms, eating produce straight off the plant. Gardening is a life skill that will provide years of enjoyment and stress reduction if you don't make it about the grade."
The Children's Book of Gardening
by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick & Mrs. Paynter"All children, according to their strength and means, may love a garden, whether it is contained in a few flower-pots on a city window-sill, or encouraged to expand and grow in the wide spaces of the country. Gardening, like other bents, will find a way; but it will run more smoothly if it has a little help at the beginning.... " Excellent "how to" book published in England in 1909, very helpful advice and guidance both for young readers and adults. There are 12 gorgeous full color paintings of children in garden scenes throughout this book.
Gardens Shown to the Children
The Classic Text by J. A. Henderson"GARDENING is a good game, whether you play it in fun or in earnest ; whether you plant things at haphazard to see what will happen, or go about it with knowledge and intention. Sooner or later the haphazard way will be given up, for, as with everything that interests you, you want if you are going to do it at all, to do it well.... So now if you want to sow seeds you can use the services of the gardeners that have gone before you, and set about it in the way that will give yours the best chance. And this book is going to tell you some of the things you will want to know first." Another very well written classic book giving young readers good "hands on" advice on growing plants and gardening from 1916! Beautiful color illustrations of many flowers included.
THE BASKET OF FLOWERS
PIETY AND TRUTH TRIUMPHANT
A TALE FOR THE YOUNG By Christoph von SchmidOriginally published in 1833, this classic "living book" about a girl unjustly accused of theft, and her humble gardener father who reminds her Who is really in control of their lives is filled with great lessons on Christian character and trust in God. Definitely "old fashioned" but a wonderful "read aloud" the whole family will enjoy.
Flower Children: The Little Cousins of the Field and Garden
by Elizabeth GordonThis classic little picture book from 1909 contains delightful color pictures of different varieties of flowers depicted as small children, along with rhymes. Lots of fun for little ones and a neat way to learn about all the flowers of the garden and the wild, as well as remember the names of different flowers.
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No-Till, No-Dig, Family Fun Potato Garden Secrets!Want to know the "secret", EASY way to raise a bumper crop of potatoes -- without tilling and digging? The secret is actually pretty simple... and we reveal it in this step-by-step "recipe" for a back yard potato garden! This is a super fun and easy project for kids who are interested in growing things... and EVERYONE will love sitting down to a meal with your very own "home grown" mashed potatoes!
Garden Lore & Wisdom Copy Book
from the Old Farmer's Almanac & othersHere's a classic collection of old time garden lore and quotations about gardening with an emphasis on young people, that are great for memorization, copy work, or just as good reading and advice. These quotes are taken from sources from the 19th century and earlier, including the Old Farmer's Almanac, Abraham Lincoln, Greek philosophers, and more.
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Online Resource GuideWe asked over 300 homeschooling families to share their all-time favorite online and offline resources on gardening with the kids, and we've sorted them out and compiled the best of these in this clickable PDF directory of wonderful sites, studies, publications and fun projects you can use right away!
Butterflies in My Garden
All About Butterflies & How to Attract ThemA wonderful ebook giving some fascinating history and folklore about these delicate and beautiful insects, and then practical steps to making your backyard or garden a butterfly sanctuary. Children LOVE butterflies, and if you've wanted to attract them to your home, THIS is the guide you need!
Organic Gardening Basics
For Your FamilyHere’s a great primer on “organic” gardening in the family garden — all the whats & whys of going “organic”, with a great section of practical advice on dealing with garden pests and problems. Great beginner's guide!
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Guide to Bonsai TreesA great introduction to the ancient art of Bonsai. In Part One, we trace the history and meaning of these fascinating objects of living art; and then in part two, learn the basics of how to plant, grow, and train your own bonsai. Definitely a long term “gardening project” that can last for years, these are still a fascinating subject and great hands on project for kids and adults.
Your Essential Family Herb Garden
Well-done beginner’s guide to the simple pleasures and delights of growing edible and medicinal herbs in your family garden, with some fascinating educational herb history and lore added to put them in a bit of perspective.
Classic Audio Programs
Great dramatized audio stories of Botanical Pioneers
make history come to life for your kids!
Coming Soon:Beekeeping!
Wildlife in your Garden!
More "How To" Articles & Resources on our
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