Our educational materials are designed for people everywhere to learn:
- agricultural literacy: how to grow and feed themselves a nutritious, well-balanced diet
- ecological literacy: their place in the environment and the ecological skills of habitat restoration and conservation
- cultural literacy: how the cycles of the land have shaped human settlement patterns and the cultural history of their community
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In the Three Sisters Garden Sister Corn, Sister Squash and Sister Bean introduce children to gardening in a year-long adventure that explores the ancient wisdom of the land. This unique journey through the seasons is rich with earth-friendly gardening methods, natural history lessons, and learning activities spanning the curriculum, including age-oldlegends and provocative new project ideas. Price: $28.95 Order #: TSG-G Type: Guidebook |
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Exploring the Forest with Grandforest Tree Grandforest tree, who is very old and wise, unfolds the story of the forest and its many mysteries, providing children with dozens of hands-on, hearts-on activities to learn from and enjoy. Price: $18.95 Order #: EFGT-G Type: Guidebook |
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Wonderful World of Wigglers Integrated, hands-on activities and projects help children understand the fundamental relationships between earthworms, soil and local ecology. Price: $14.95 Order #: WWW-G Type: Guidebook |
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Exploring the Secrets of the Meadow Thicket Throughout the seasons, children are guided on a journey of wonder filled with stories, activities and learning adventures. The seasonal rhythms of a constantly changing landscape are discovered and celebrated. Price: $18.95 Order #: EFMT-G Type: Guidebook |
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Lasting Results Lasting results is a teacher-developed guide for simplifyinf the process of aligning curricula to educational standards through assessment-based instruction. The guide contains ready-to-use assessment activities, tasks and tools. Price: $19.95 Order #: LR-G Type: Guidebook |
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Living Traditions Living Traditions is a cultural literacy curriculum guide designed to take teachers through a clear, step-by-step process for developing an integrated, standards-based curricula that focuses on the stories, crafts and agrarian traditions of the community that surrounds their school. Price: $19.95 Order #: LT-G Type: Guidebook |
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Digging Deeper Called by Vermont Education Commissioner Dr. Marc Hull “an invaluable resource for all educators interested in making learning come to life for their students,” Digging Deeper contains dozens of academic activities and project ideas for the curious student out in the garden and in nature. Price: $19.95 Order #: DD-G Type: Guidebook |
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The Indoor River Book This first-of-its-kind guide is a simple step-by-step teachers’ manual for building an indoor aquatic habitat modeled after the local watershed. For grades 4 and up, the book includes activities in the sciences, design technology, natural history, math, plus social studies and the arts. Price: $16.95 Order #: IRB-G Type: Guidebook |
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Getting to Know You: Learning from the Wisdom of our Elders Developed collaboratively with the Peacham School in Vermont, this first-of-its-kind educational video documents students learning from their elders the stories and traditions of their own communities. Price: $19.95 Order #: GTKY-V Type: Video |
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Common Roots: A School’s Journey Highlights the process of a K-8 school refocusing its entire curriculum around the natural and cultural history of the surrounding town, beginning with gardens and nature trails. Price: $19.95 Order #: CR-V Type: Video |
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Where Rivers Meet This unique documentary video follows the step-by-step process of a 4th grade class as they research through their own community of Montpelier, Vermont’s history. Price: $19.95 Order #: WRM-V Type: Video |
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Is This Going To Be On The Test? Documents students following answers from their own questions about their community as part of an integrated science/social studies unit. From the rocks and soil beneath their feet to stories and legends told by their local elders and historians, students research the natural and social history of their own town. Price: $19.95 Order #: GTBOTT-V Type: Video |