IDEAS AND TIPS:
Step One:
Review pages 27 - 28 of the activity handbook.
Prepare your activity - There are great hints and tips and preparation ideas in the handbook.
Speak to other members of staff to get them involved.
Step Two:
Plan and advertise the event COME AND JOIN US POSTER
Step Three:
Make sure you have all materials needed: Please see the handbook for full list and ideas.
Step Four:
As shown in the handbook - Follow the instructions to make the activity an event and use the activity handbook to guide you.
IDEAS AND TIPS:
- Print off the Washing Line template and use as a topic of conversation and activity
- Use the discussion cards
- Watch the DVD "The Steamie" can be viewed and discussed
- Design their own garden
- Washing day and washing lines
- Find pictures of sculptures in magazines - cut out and make a collage
- Garden Hangings
- Peg Dolls
- Indoor Gardens
- Read stories about working gardens
- Read, discuss or make up poems about working gardens and garden jobs
IDEAS AND TIPS:
Garden Sculptures
http://www.thesculpturewebsite.co.uk
Garden Hangings
Peg Dolls
http://uk.pinterest.com/gottabesmee/peg-dolls/
Indoor Gardens
http://www.woohome.com/diy-2/26-mini-indoor-garden-ideas-to-green-your-home
Information on gardening and what to do when
http://www.aneverydaystory.com/2015/01/22/year-kitchen-garden/
Stories to read in this topic:
http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/index.php?page=story_home
http://www.erniesworld.com/gardening-story.html
Poems about gardens:
http://www.poetseers.org/poem-of-the-day-archive/poems-about-gardens/