Gardening club is a fantastic way for children to not just learn about planting and growing, but where our food comes from.
We support the children with growing and harvesting and its an exciting experience for children to see their seeds sprout!
We are big fans of organic gardening and whether your garden be big or small we can grow anything anywhere!
Do you need help to create a wonderful organic vegetable garden. We provide all materials from recycled raised beds to seed and tools.
The Impact of gardening on learning
Greater scientific knowledge and understanding.
Enhanced literacy and numeracy, including the use of a wider vocabulary and
greater oracy skills.
Increased awareness of the seasons and understanding of food production.
Increased confidence, resilience and self-esteem.
Development of physical skills, including fine motor skills.
Development of a sense of responsibility.
A positive attitude to healthy food choices.
Positive behaviour.
Improvements in emotional well-being
Please contact us for an individual quotation!
Our food sessions include cooking with seasonal produce or simple introducing children to fresh (often homegrown) produce and giving them the opportunity to taste and create with raw food. Sessions are interactive, allowing time to explore food ask questions.
Whilst we respect childrens individual likes and dislikes for food we encourage children to create their own food combination ideas. Who would have thought that chocolate and corgette muffins would be an all time favourite in our cooking clubs!
We encourage children to talk about where food comes from, how it is grown and how to prepare it.
Seasonal courses ideal for ( Schools, Family Centres, Rainbows, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs, Childminders)
Options:
Classes delivered by Eco Kids staff
Eco Kids in a box - materials and session plans
Session plans and Guidance Kits
During each course we will look at which foods can be grown and harvested, gardening tasks for each season, wildlife behaviour and recycled seasonal crafts which reflect the seasons.
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Recycled Art and Craft After School Club
We are currently working in several schools providing after school clubs.
"The Recycled Art and Craft club run by your staff has been extremely well received by the children. There has been plenty of variety in the activities all of which have been suitable for the age range of the children. They have been introduced to lots of different materials and have enjoyed everything that they have made. Feedback from parents has been positive and the remaining sessions are full right up until the end of the school year. Parents of the youngest children have said it has been a good introduction to "after school clubs" and they have seen an increase in their children's confidence and enthusiasm for school"
Higham Ferrers Infants 2011
Nursery Vegetable Patches
Developing vegetable patches from scratch. All the children got involved, from preparing the soil up to planting the vegetables and fruit.
We also followed up with a number of sessions showing the children how to care for the plants and how to harvest.
"All the children really enjoyed the sessions, and we have all learnt so much"
