Prek-2 – Page 14 – Island Grown Schools

Curriculum Toolkit
Over the years, we have honed in on priority curricular units for every grade level, preschool through 12th grade, that build on each other and provide a meaningful food education for the students we work with.
This Toolkit is the compilation of these units, along with their related teaching standards and sequence. We are constantly adding to this site, so please check in again soon for updates.

We designed this curriculum framework to help our students grasp the following key concepts by the time they graduate from High School:

Feel confident in making healthy food choices

Appreciate the farming profession

Know that everyone can grow food

Understand the connection between healthy soil, healthy plants and healthy people

Recognize a regenerative, local food system is inclusive and promotes a healthy ecosystem.

Building a Worm Bin

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to explore a worm bin Students will be able to make a small worm bin for their classroom Students will be able to care for the worms in their worm bin ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is compost? Who lives in compost? How is soil alive? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:Looking at the […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Soil

Herb Plant Sale Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify different herbs, and will know how to utilize herbs in a variety of ways. Students will understand the ways our ancestors used plants for food, medicine, personal care, and household uses. Students will also be able to collect and save seeds for future plantings. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does […]

Grade levels 3-5, Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Food systems

Herb Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant herbs Students will be able to describe the taste/smell of different herbs Students will be able to describe different uses for herbs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? How are herbs used? What foods do I eat? PROCEDURE Week One- Planting Herbs Materials: Introduction: Begin by asking students what […]

Grade levels 3-5, Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Healthy Eating

Growing Classroom Pea Shoots

OBJECTIVE Students will learn about what seeds need to grow by planting, taking care of, harvesting and eating pea shoots. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do seeds grow? What foods do I eat? MATERIALS NEEDED Container for plantingOrganic potting soilSoaked and un-soaked pea seeds (bag of yellow peas at grocery store is 89 cents) Just sprouting pea […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Curriculum Toolkit

Building a Worm Bin

Herb Plant Sale Unit

Herb Unit

Herb Sachets

Growing Classroom Pea Shoots

Garden Tools