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Dandelion Fritters Recipe
Dandelion Fritters are quick, easy and tasty treats that your students and kids can build themselves from fresh garden ingredients. "Eat 'em to beat 'em." Though it's best to leave the first dandelions of the season for the bees as their first spring food, by late...
Choosing the Right Soil for Your Indoor Garden
Remember, potting soil is different from outdoor soil. Our outdoor soils are alive. Potting soil is light, does not compact, and has a high water-boiling capacity without becoming water-logged - all important qualities to grow vegetables in a contained rooting area....
We are Hiring
Join our team! We are seeking a highly organized, self-motivated individual with keen attention to detail to join our team as Operations Manager for the National Little Green Thumbs program. The LGT Operations Coordinator is a key member of the Little Green Thumbs...
LGT Holiday Colouring Sheets
Little Green Thumbs colouring sheets– just in time for the holiday season! Keep your students busy, or enjoy colouring them yourself, to get in the holiday spirit with these fun printable holiday colouring pages.[jetpack-related-posts]
Pen Pals 2021-2022
We invite our Gr. 1 to Gr. 6 Little Green Thumbs and Little Green Sprouts classrooms to take part in Little Green Pen Pals. This project engages students in cultural exchange, inquiry-based learning and literacy, as well as opportunities to build friendships across...
Mrs. Meyers Compassion Day Project
Mrs. Meyers Compassion Day Project! Mrs. Meyer’s believes that just like a flower, compassion can be grown—all it takes is planting the right seeds and some steady care. Using lessons from the garden, The Compassion Project seeks to help parents grow compassion...
Discover How Capillary Action Works with the Walking Water Experiment
Experiment:Discover How Capillary Action Works with the Walking Water Experiment Grades: K - 6 Students will learn about capillary action. Set up: 20 mins set-up; view results the next day Capillary action is at work in LGT gardens every day. Can you name three...
Why Pruning Basil Makes the Plant Bushy
Experiment: Why Pruning Basil Makes the Plant Bushy Grades: any The Little Green Thumbs teacher’s manual contains lots of reminders for you to prune basil plants. The natural growth of basil is tall and if not pruned, the plant will grow tall and leggy. Pruning causes...
Get Growing with Mrs. Meyer’s!
Get Growing with Mrs. Meyer's Compassion ProjectSign-up to receive a pack of Compassion Flower seeds, a 6-week lesson guide and student activity sheets. Mrs. Meyer’s believes that just like a flower, compassion can be grown—all it takes is planting the right seeds...