I got my first seed catalog in the mail this week and, boy, am I excited. Not just because I’m anxious to get my hands in the dirt. But I’m excited about all the school assignments that come in those catalogs.
What? You’ve never seen all the wonderful school curriculum hiding in your seed catalogs? Well, let me share a few assignments with you.
Math:
On the front of my Gurney’s catalog is a giant coupon that reads: “Good for $25.00 worth of products in this Gurney’s catalog when you buy $25.00 or more of additional products at the catalog price.” Have your child go shopping in the catalog. Using the order form found between pages 32 and 33 have him “order” $50 worth of product, figuring the totals, the tax, the discount, and the shipping.
Language:
See the customer reviews in the shaded green boxes on the pages of the catalog? Have your child write his own review of his favorite vegetable.
Science:
Assign a paper answering the question: “What is the difference between hybrid, open-pollinated, heirloom, and genetically modified when it pertains to garden seeds?”
But this is just a sampling. You can get more than 50 lesson plans using your seed catalogs from my e-booklet Seed Catalog Curriculum. This e-booklet is full of ideas to use with elementary, middle, and upper-grade children. You can use any catalog. In fact, the more the better. Plus, I give you the names and contact information to order your own...if you don't already receive them in the mail.
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Read what others are saying about Seed Catalog Curriculum:
Although my two sons are now adults, I enjoyed reading through Carol’s Seed Catalog Curriculum. This e-booklet contains so many fun lessons ideas! During my years as a home educator, I would loved to have used several of her creative yet practical lessons for teaching math, language, art, and science right out of an ordinary seed catalog.
D. G. Alexander
Margate, Florida
I took a good look at the curriculum and think you did a great job, Carol. I love how you can use it as a base for information, yet each level has their own work to do. I think I like the math section the most. Sometimes math can be so monotonous, but this will teach kids to think using everyday (at least for us gardeners) situations...so much more fun than a text book! I think it would be an exciting curriculum to look forward to in the Spring when everything is warming up and we(especially homeschoolers) are ready to change it up a bit.
I took a good look at the curriculum and think you did a great job, Carol. I love how you can use it as a base for information, yet each level has their own work to do. I think I like the math section the most. Sometimes math can be so monotonous, but this will teach kids to think using everyday (at least for us gardeners) situations...so much more fun than a text book! I think it would be an exciting curriculum to look forward to in the Spring when everything is warming up and we(especially homeschoolers) are ready to change it up a bit.
P. Rosenberg
Seminole, Florida
