News from Kids Cook Classroom

Kids Cook Classroom and Loring Schoolyard Garden  Neighborhood Chickens visit our garden each week. Garden Days with our neighborhood chickens        June 14th, 21st and 28th. July 12th, 19th and 26th. August 2nd, 9th and 16th.               Mondays between 10:00 and 3:00 Each week 6 volunteers will be in the garden to teach and encourage children to observe, listen, and play.  We all learn as we plant, watch fruits and vegetables grow and harvest the ripe produce from Loring Schoolyard Garden.  Our days begin with Garden Yoga and a short Garden story. The days are filled with reading, writing, art, fishing and fun! Of course as we garden, we harvest and cook breakfast and lunch.  Our breakfast includes an egg, and lunch is made from the bounty of the garden, orchard and local farmer's markets. A handful of berries or cherries is a favorite snack. Summertime in the Garden Greetings! It's summertime and Kids Cook Classroom Garden Days have begun!  Some seeds and plants sowed by all of the classrooms at Loring during the school year have already flowered and been made into our lunch.  Varieties of lettuce, radish, beets and peas from Loring Schoolyard Garden have been picked, tossed and sampled at classroom lunches, a field trip and now at our first Garden Day! Each Monday Kids Cook Classroom invites children from the school, playground and neighborhood to come into the garden for a day  outside in the sunshine.  Our garden days are filled with gardening, harvesting, cooking, learning, observation and playing. This Monday, the first day of summer, we will harvest Bok choy and salad greens, raspberries from the bramble canes, and pick cherries from the trees.  Children will  pull the roots of beets and pick more peas from the vine. Monday night we will gather at the garden for a Solstice picnic.   This year our picnics are the  third Monday of each month at 6:00.  Bring a picnic blanket, and a healthy dish to share.  We'll provide the table setting, a harvest sampler prepared by the children.  Bring a donation, and pick seasonal produce from the schoolyard garden. Happy Sunshine, Robin Pot Luck Picnics            and Schoolyard Market    June 21st    July 19th  August 16th  6:00 to 8:00