A Foreign Language Vegetable Garden
Turn your garden into a language lesson!
My kids are growing some vegetables on the deck this year. Every single morning the four year-old runs outside to check on his pots. Luckily, beans grow at a quick pace that is satisfying to a preschooler. Check out our tomatoes, beans, and peppers:
We started to learn the names of our crops in French, and we’re going to add Spanish and German, too. Our quickie garden signs are simply Sharpie-labeled plastic spoons. Popsicle sticks would do the trick, too, but ours are still covered with popsicle!
A Gouin Series is a wonderful gardening activity since it describes a process. As you plant, teach your child foreign language phrases such as:
I take a pot.
I put soil in the pot.
I dig a hole.
I put the seed in the hole.
I put dirt on the seed.
You might also like this kindergarten level gardening/growing content related lesson.
We’ve only got three different types of veggies growing at the moment, but we hope to expand. Click here for a free pdf of some vegetables you can label in English, French, Spanish, and German in YOUR garden. Feel free to comment with more ideas and vocabulary.
In what language does your garden grow?
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