Gardening With Young Children Course
The Gardening with Young Children Course is a 5-week self-paced distance learning course hosted on the NCSU online platform, Moodle. This course is worth 1.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEU is awarded by the McKimmon Center of Continuing & Lifelong Education, NC State University.
This Course Aims To:
- Provide knowledge, tools, and resources for providers and associated professionals to develop and program fruit and vegetable gardens for young children.
- Support healthy, active lifestyles of young children and motivate learning in, about, and through nature.
This Course Contains 8 Modules:
- Gardening Activity Guide Overview
- Phase 1: Preparing
- Phase 2: Caring
- Phase 3: Harvesting and Eating
- Time to Harvest: Cool Season and Warm Season
- Choosing child-friendly fruits and vegetables to grow in childcare centers
- Keeping track of gardening activities
- Final Knowledge Assessment/Capstone Project
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize gardening in outdoor learning environments (OLEs) as an activity that supports physical activity, healthy eating, and outdoor learning
- Describe gardening phases and activities tied to the curriculum.
- Explain the annual sequence of gardening from preparing to harvesting and eating fresh fruit and vegetables.
- Apply methods for creating and managing high-quality gardening settings to support experiential learning.
Next session will run from September 3 – October 11, 2024
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Who is the Course for?
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Providers
- Early Childhood Educators
- Public Health Professionals
- Nurses
- Nutritionist/Dietitians
- Practitioners implementing Farm to Early Childhood Education programs
- Cooperative Extension Agents, Master Gardeners, Horticulturists
- Community College and University Instructors
- Parents/Caregivers
- Others
REGISTRATION FEE: $325.00
*Discounts are available for students and groups. Contact information for all discount codes is available when you click “Register Here”.
Group Size 5-9: 5% off
Group Size 10-14: 10% off
Group Size 15+: 15% off
Student Rate: 50% off
Lead Instructors
Robin Moore, Dipl.Arch, MCP, Hon ASLA
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Co-founder NLI
Nilda Cosco, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Co-founder NLI