Gardens of Hope Curricula Lessons

Each Lesson includes PDF’s for our teachers/parents. Click on the Lesson title to open the PDF.

Lesson One – Ready, Set, Grow!

  Learning Objectives:
This lesson will enhance the mind, body, and soul of students. Following this lesson, students will:
• Mind: Understand the life cycle of plants, and what plants need to grow
• Body: Plant, water, and watch their seeds grow into mature plants
• Soul: Learn to take care of something, and feel responsible for nurturing a living object

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Lesson Two – The Legend of the 3 Sisters

Learning Objectives
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
-Gain exposure to new vegetables/herbs through taste testing
-Tie (evoke) creative expression (in relation) to healthy food items
-Describe the concept of interdependence and relate it to corn, bean and squash
-Recognize the names of nutrients contained in corn, bean and squash


Lesson Three – My Plate

Learning Objectives
After this lesson, students will be able to:
• Understand the main food groups of fruits, vegetables, protein, grains and dairy, in
addition to specific items that fall into each category
• Create and illustrate a meal using the MyPlate template
• Describe holiday foods that are important to their families


Lesson Four – Vitamin C

Learning Objectives – 
After this lesson, students will be able to
⦁ Evoke creative expression in relation to healthy foods
⦁ Name foods that are rich in Vitamin C
⦁ Explain the effects of Vitamin C deficiency


Lesson Five – Think like a Chef

Learning Objectives – 
This lesson will enhance the mind, body and soul of participating students. As part of this lesson, students will:
  Mind
o Combine ingredients, flavors and cooking techniques to create a dish
o Identify the vitamins and minerals contained in food items
 Body
o Get their body moving through acting-out cooking techniques
 Soul
o Evoke creative expression in relation to healthy foods
o Develop teamwork and collaboration abilities through working with peers


Lesson Six – Garden Bingo

Learning Objectives;
This lesson will enhance the mind, body and soul of participating students. As part of this lesson, students will:
• Mind identify vegetables and herbs growing in their school garden
 Inventory the necessary supplies to sustain a garden
• Body
 Exercise while in search of common garden items
• Soul
 Connect with nature through spending time outside

Lesson Seven – Earth Day

Learning ObjectivesThis lesson will encourage students to celebrate planet Earth, and understand ways to manage waste. By the end of the lesson students will be able to:


  • Third Grade Course Descriptions

    These are the course standards for Gardens of Hope 3rd grade. The pdf has detailed information for all educators.

  • Articulate why they are grateful for their Earth
  • Understand the best method for waste management
  • Suggest methods to reduce, reuse or recycle waste