08/26/2026
🌱🍅 Our September Harvest of the Month is right around the corner… and it’s PEPPERS! 🫑🌶️
Today our little gardeners headed out to the garden to harvest some of the beautiful tomatoes and peppers they helped grow! There’s something pretty special about watching the children pick fresh food right from our own garden.
We’re getting everything ready to launch our Take-Home Harvest of the Month Cooking Kits, giving children and families a chance to take what we’re learning through our Farm to School program right into their own kitchens! 🧑🍳🏡
From planting and caring for our garden, to harvesting, tasting, and eventually cooking together. This is what Farm to School is all about!
Stay tuned… September is going to be pepper-perfect! 🫑
Vermont Early Learning Standards (VELS)
What Our Children Are Learning:
Science: Learning where our food comes from, what plants need to grow, and how they change over time.
Early Math: Comparing and noticing different colors, shapes, sizes, and amounts as we harvest.
Language & Literacy: Building new vocabulary through conversations about planting, gardening, harvesting, vegetables, and cooking.
Physical Development: Strengthening fine and gross motor skills through picking, carrying, gathering, and handling vegetables.
Approaches to Learning: Building curiosity, problem-solving skills, and confidence through hands-on experiences.
Social & Emotional Development: Practicing teamwork, cooperation, responsibility, and taking pride in caring for our garden together.
Most importantly, children are making the connection between growing food, harvesting it, preparing it, and eating it. Learning firsthand where their food comes from!
