How much extra work is involved with the Little Green Thumbs Sk program?
The Little Green Thumbs Saskatchewan program has been designed to be as user friendly as possible. This is a hands on program that will add greatly to your classroom programming. There is a fair amount of commitment to the program, such as the Teacher’s Workshop at the beginning of the year to learn how to use the kit. The most time intensive portions of the project are the Teacher Workshop (August or September), the Garden Set-Up in your classroom (either in September or January), Celebration Event preparation (March, April, or May), and the Evaluation at the end of the year (June). We have developed programming around the gardens, where the coordinators will make 2 visits to your classroom. There is also a website page that you can share your gardening experience with others. We wish to make the garden experience as great as possible for you and your students. Our coordinator will offer support to all schools to help troubleshoot with your gardens and set up.
