Preschoolers at Manchester Center's Northshire Day School have been enjoying farm to school programming and hands-on activities following Harvest of the Month. Each month, teacher Maggie Rubick guides students in learning about the harvest through true and false activities, ingredient exploration, and taste tests.
The class also participates in field trips to local farms, the farmers market, and Merck Forest, and will be growing some of their own produce this season- they have tomato plants in the windows in anticipation for August's featured harvest!
Activities this year have included making kale chips, harvesting potatoes and making mashed potatoes, and comparing different varieties of beets- which included taste testing and creating beet stamp prints! Through adaptations of HOM resources and development of original activities, Northshire Day School is celebrating the harvest and growing a fantastic farm-to-school program.
The class also participates in field trips to local farms, the farmers market, and Merck Forest, and will be growing some of their own produce this season- they have tomato plants in the windows in anticipation for August's featured harvest!
Activities this year have included making kale chips, harvesting potatoes and making mashed potatoes, and comparing different varieties of beets- which included taste testing and creating beet stamp prints! Through adaptations of HOM resources and development of original activities, Northshire Day School is celebrating the harvest and growing a fantastic farm-to-school program.
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