Story Telling in the Garden

This week the Calgary Public Library visited us at the garden! At Hillhurst-Sunnyside Larissa Johnston from the Louise Riley branch came and read us lots of fun books. We learned about how friends can help us when we're scared. We also read a book where vegetables were made into cars, planes, skis and much more.

We took a break with our snack of apples and mangos (which were a bit hit!). After our snack we created our own stories. We passed around pictures that could inspire our stories - like Jo the Ladybug and Sally the Chickadee. After we made up stories of our own we worked together to create a story together! Each person would take a turn adding a sentence or two to the story. 

That was a lot of sitting down so we played some tag to get up and running. We played octopus tag - where we had to join arms and run together to catch everyone. We also played tree tag where whoever is tagged freezes and can only be unfrozen if their friend helps them. All of these activities helped us realize that we are most successful when we work together and have our friends or family to help us. 

Over at Silver Springs Edible Garden Courtney Novotny joined us from the Crowfoot library. We read some more stories and sang a song about peas in a pod. We also had time to draw what we found in our garden. Our chard, kale, potatoes, pumpkins and peas are growing really well! We even tried some of the kale and peas (in addition to our snack of apples and mango).

We wanted to run around a bit after that so we played Tree Tag and a variation of it called Banana Tag (in this game it takes two people to unfreeze frozen individuals). All that running tired us out so we played Tangled Tree Roots. In this game we all stood in a circle and held hands with someone who wasn't standing next to us. This meant we were all tangled and we needed to work together to untangle ourselves! Again, this showed us that we can achieve more when we work together. 

Don't worry if you missed our activities this week - you can always come next week. 

Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Garden/ Orchard
10am-12pm
OR
Silver Springs Edible Garden
2pm-4pm

What to Bring: Water, sunscreen and your enthusiasm for gardening!