Cultivating a Child's Imagination Through Gardening

by Rosanne Blass, Nancy A. Jurenka

Overview

Lead children to literacy and learning along the garden path with books and activities designed to spark interest and imagination. Each of these 45 lessons focuses on a specific book about gardening and offers related activities-such as reading, writing, poetry, word play, music, dancing, and dramatics-to enhance creativity and build literacy skills. In addition, this resource lists more books to read with each lesson and concludes with an annotated bibliography of focus books. A great companion to Beyond the Bean Seed. Grades K-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563084522
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/15/1996
Pages:	158
Sales rank:	748,819
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

NANCY ALLEN JURENKA is Professor, Education Department, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.

ROSANNE J. BLASS is Visiting Professor, College of Education, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.