Our teachers place high value on teaching time; so do we.  Time spent in Granny's Garden School using our lesson guides is directly connected to curriculum standards in Ohio, and our seasonal schedules (Spring and Fall) are calendars that take into account the needs of our zone 6 gardens and the timing of classroom curriculum, and pair activities and lesson guides that are relevant to each of the K-4th grades we work with.    We are the land lab to the classroom across curriculum subjects.  Our lesson guides, schedule and garden coordinators are the reason 48 or our 52 classroom teachers choose to participate in the program each year.

When we started the program, we did not want to introduce another curriculum for teachers to have to deal with.  So, we began with what they were already teaching and found practical ways to connect it to the gardens.  We now have a school calendar's worth of plant based lessons that not only meet state standards, work with the school's curriculum and the curriculum map, but matches it all with the needs of our zone six gardens.  In addition, we have detailed first-fourth grade lesson guides for each week.  We make our planting schedule, lesson guides and support information and worksheets available, free, to school garden programs across the country.  

We recognize that educators from across the country are using our lesson guides.  So, all of our guides are in Microsoft Word document format so they can be easily altered to meet the specific resources and needs of others who may use them.  We do have a copyright on everything on our website.  They are free educators to use in their garden programs.  We ask only that your recognize Granny's Garden School as the source.