Learn, Grow, Eat & Go!
Growing good kids through an interdisciplinary program combining academic achievement, gardening, nutrient-dense food experiences, physical activity, and school and family engagement.
Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! (LGEG) is the research and evidence-based curriculum project of the Junior Master Gardener® Program that combines academic achievement, gardening, nutrient-dense food experiences, physical activity, and school and family engagement. Created by teachers, this linear set of hands-on, proven lessons helps students better understand plants and how plants provide for people’s needs.
Format
The 10-week unit of study steps students through the process of establishing a thriving garden that is easy to create and maintain. The easy-to-follow curriculum provides two lessons per week and features opportunities for fresh vegetable tasting and evaluation, simple recipe demos and physical activities that research shows can improve on-task behavior and academic performance.
Platforms
There are two presentation platforms available to meet the needs of your schools, students, educators and community youth programs: a traditional face-to-face format or a virtual/online format. Following the step-by-step Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! curriculum and using teacher resources (how-to videos, printable student pages/garden journals, parent newsletters) makes starting a successful garden curriculum project easier than you might think!
Age levels
Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! is geared specifically for students in grades three through five. However, the program is easily adaptable and has been successfully implemented in middle school classrooms and with students in younger grade levels.
When students are learning in class or virtually and can get their hands dirty growing vegetables with a school garden project, they’ll also be growing a host of academic gains, health benefits and opportunities to connect learning to students’ homes and families.