Harvest Unique Programs in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at The NY Botanical Garden Pofessional Development For Teachers

Introducing the new “A Teacher’s Guide to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Making Informal Learning Fun,” designed to help maximize the educational experience of a visit to the Adventure Garden for the teacher and students before, during and after a class trip. The Guide provides background science information, lists Web sites and literature resources related to each topic, and provides a variety of easy to implement activities that create a conceptual link between the field trip and classroom learning. Schedule a class trip to the Adventure Garden and receive a free copy of the guide or download a copy at www.nybg.ord/chil_edu/

Are you an educator interested in learning about The New York Botanical Garden and how to make use of its myriad resources? Learn how to use the Garden as an extension of your classroom. There are myriad topics to choose from–rain forest ecology to desert ecology to wetland and pond ecology. Alternatively the Garden’s staff will customize a program that accommodates the specific needs of your group. One unit of New York City Board of Education New Teacher Credit is earned for each hour of seminar training and participation in the summer intensives earns three salary differentiated “G” credits.

Family and School Programming

In addition to our staff development programs we have special weekends at the Adventure Garden that encourage children and families to learn about plant science in a fun and engaging way.

Thanksgiving Treats–Saturday and Sunday, November 23 and 24, 11 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

The Garden is a burst of fall color. Birds, rabbits and chipmunks enjoy the bounty of seeds and fruit. Find the flowers that bloom in fall and make an arrangement to grace the Thanksgiving table at home. Make cornhusk dolls and turkeys, design a fall foliage mural, and create a Thanksgiving centerpiece with seasonal plants, berries and nuts. At 2 p.m. on Saturday children and families enjoy stories of Harvest Tales by Kim Bendheim. On Sunday, from 11a.m.–2p.m. children make harvest origami.

For more information please call (718) 817-8181 to register for Professional Development programs or to schedule your class for a field trip. For information on Garden hours please call (718) 817-8700.#

The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden has been made possible by the leadership generosity of Edith and Henry Everett.

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