How often are children given the "direct experience" and opportunity of planting, taking care of plants during the summer, watering, harvesting then preparing a gourmet snack in a classroom setting? This weeks' photo montage came from our organic gardens at the Living Wisdom School in Shoreline, Washington.
These pictures tell this lovely story. .
These pictures tell this lovely story. .
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| Smelling the basil and having instructions on how to pick it carefully. |
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| Receiving directions from our Master Gardener |
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| Beautiful bounty of basil |
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| Hands on learning |
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| I began the cooking class |
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| Fairies looked on in the garden |
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| The garlic and nuts were finished. Now for the fresh basil |
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| Wow |
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| Yummy Memories that will last for a lifetime. |
Cooking with kids is so awesome. For me it's always about creating sensory memories. The tactile experience of kneading, chopping. The aroma of fresh herbs, spices, of cookies baking. Of course all those wonderful tastes. Look delicious!
ReplyDeleteOh oh oh! Basil is the best. Now I'm just cross that I didn't plant any last spring and will have to wait til next spring to do this. I love the variety of basil plants too. Thanks for a lovely post.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have found you via Let the Child Play. I am gardening with kindergartners this year and we just harvested basil seeds from the summer harvest and replanted them for a fall harvest =)
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