PreK-Kinder

Title Description Grade Level Type Web Address
Sow It, Grow It, Eat It Projects

For grades PreK-6. Interactive website made to help in building your own edible playground. Lesson plans in the kitchen and the classroom available. Includes multiple arts and crafts projects surrounding the garden for every season. Lessons on-line.

 Lower Elementary, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Arts and Crafts, Cooking/Nutrtion Go to Website
Cooking With Kids Extensive Resources on Taste Testing with Kids

"For grades PreK-6. Cooking with Kids motivates and empowers elementary school students to develop healthy eating habits through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods from diverse cultural traditions. Through cooking classes and tasting classes, students explore varieties of foods using all of their senses, have fun, and exercise choice. Two cooking and 33 tasting classes available free to download with registration (free)."

 Lower Elementary, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Cooking/Nutrtion Go to Website
National Environmental Education Foundation School Garden Curricula

"For grades K-12. Garden based leraning with links to lessons on climate change, water, water-energy articles, and children and nature. Children and nature lessons for all grades, will pop up in a new on-line window."

 High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems, General Garden Based Learning Go to Website
Vermont's Farm to School Program Teacher Units

For grades PreK-6. A community-based website adressing school food changes in Vermont. Nutrition based lessons separated by elementary grade levels and high school. All lessons developed to meet Vermont educational standards.

 Lower Elementary, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems, Cooking/Nutrtion Go to Website
Grannys Garden School

"For grades K-4 One of the most complete list of lessons used in a garden-based school program that serves 1,800 students in Loveland OH. More than just lessons, but a complete guide to running a comprehensive garden program!"

 Lower Elementary, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary General Garden Based Learning Go to Website
USDA's Ag in the Classroom Lesson Library

For grades PreK-12. An extensive searchable online library of ag literacy related lessons. Great search function to find specific types of lessons

 High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems Go to Website
Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun with Fruits and Vegetables

"For grades PreK. Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun with Fruits and Vegetables is a garden-themed nutrition education kit for child care center staff that introduces children to: three fruits - peaches, strawberries, and cantaloupe, and three vegetables - spinach, sweet potatoes, and crookneck squash."

 PreK-Kinder Cooking/Nutrtion Go to Website
Food, Land, People - Resources for Learning

"Promotes approaches to learning that help people better understand the interrelationships among agriculture, the environment and people of the world. "

 High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems Go to Website
Global Education Resource Kits

"Education programs give teachers and other educators the resources to help students develop a passion for helping others. Lesson plans, action ideas, activities, multimedia supplements and other tools help lead students on the path to global citizenship. "

 High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems Go to Website
Lesson Plans from Ag in the Classroom

Grades K-12 lesson plans that teach agricultural awareness. All these lessons are aligned with CA content standards.

 High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, PreK-Kinder, Upper Elementary Ag Literacy/Food Systems Go to Website