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We’re Hiring an Operations Coordinator!
We're Hiring an Operations Coordinator! Work with us! We're hiring a team member for our national office, based out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Little Green Thumbs (LGT) Operations Coordinator is a key member of the Little Green Thumbs program national...
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Connect Your Garden to Agriculture!
Connect Your Garden to AgricultureOne of the goals of the Little Green Thumbs garden is to help students create meaningful, informed connections between the food they grow and eat, and the agricultural processes involved in producing it. Food production today is a...
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Grants and Funding for Gardens
Garden-based Education Grants for Schools & Non-Profits A garden provides a vibrant tool for hands-on, inquiry-based learning and deepening your core curriculum. Problem solving, team building, cooperation, nutrition, gardening, and critical thinking all come to...
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Tips for Feeding Your Worms!
What do worms eat? How much should you feed them? How should you prepare the food? Questions – answered!
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Holiday Vacation for Your Classroom Garden & Plants
Holiday Vacation for Your Classroom Plants & GardenOne of the trickiest obstacles in your classroom garden is managing holidays, but don’t despair! A Little Green Thumbs garden is designed to let you leave your garden over weekends and week-long school...
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Calculate Your Ideal Worm Herd
Calculate Your Ideal Worm Herd Ready to reduce your food waste, give back to your school garden and give students an opportunity to observe a thriving ecosystem? Why not bring a vermin-compost bin (a.k.a. a worm bin) into your classroom and open up a world of...
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New Little Green Thumbs Teacher Portal
Little Green Thumbs Teacher Portal The LGT Teacher Portal is the home-base of the Little Green Thumbs Program, an exclusive digital hub of online learning resources, growing information, troubleshooting support, teacher order forms, program updates and inspiration!...
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Little Green Pen Pals
Little Green Pen Pals Project We invite our Gr. 1 to 4 Little Green Thumbs classrooms to take part in Little Green Pen Pals, which engages students in cultural exchange, inquiry-based learning and literacy, as well as opportunities to build friendships across Canada!...
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Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into your Garden Learning
Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into your Garden Learning It is important to acknowledge and celebrate the cultural identities of all students represented in your learning cohorts. It is particularly important in a Canadian context to acknowledge Indigenous...
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