by Nilay | Aug 26, 2026 | Activity, Agriculture Education, Events, News
Ask a student what they remember most about elementary school years later, and the answer isn’t always a worksheet or lesson. Sometimes, it’s an unbelievably enormous cucumber that appeared in the classroom garden overnight. In our Little Green Thumbs...
by Nilay | Aug 26, 2026 | Activity, Agriculture Education, Events, News
A classroom garden can teach students how a seed becomes a plant. In Patricia Goodine’s classroom, it can also become a place to learn about responsibility, food, culture, community and the connections between them. In our Little Green Thumbs Teacher Spotlight...
by Nilay | Aug 26, 2026 | Activity, Agriculture Education, Events, News
Great classroom gardens grow much more than plants. They grow curiosity, confidence, responsibility and connections that can stay with students long after the harvest is over. In our Little Green Thumbs Teacher Spotlight series, we’re celebrating educators from...
by Nilay | Jun 10, 2026 | Agriculture Education, Events, News
Little Green Thumbs is proud to announce Hayley Muench as a recipient of the Inaugural Little Green Thumbs National Teacher Award, recognizing her outstanding commitment to garden-based learning, food literacy, and student engagement. We would also like to thank our...
by Brit MacDonald | Sep 16, 2021 | Activity, Agriculture Education, Uncategorized
Get Growing with Mrs. Meyer’s Compassion Project Sign-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...
by Brit MacDonald | Feb 12, 2019 | Agriculture Education, Resource, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
Connect Your Garden to Agriculture One 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...
