What a great way to kick off our summer theme – Gardens and Growing!
The Victory Gardens Initiative and Transition Milwaukee celebrated a day of gardening! From sun up to sun down, volunteers worked hard to bring and build garden beds to hundreds of people in Milwaukee! As the sun set, they celebrated their success with a party right on beautiful Lake Michigan!
Happy Hour! set up shop under the large treehouse and sang and read with families who were equally passionate about gardens and growing!
With the song, “Three Main Things” we learned that green plants need sun, air, and water to grow. We sang fingerplays to familiar tunes, like “This is the Way We Plant Our Seeds” and incorporated gardening movements to songs like “Dig A Hole Deep in the Ground” sung to “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”
We shared a great book about planting a “Surprise Garden” and ended with a wonderful song about growing, “The Garden Song.”
“Plant your rows, straight and long. Temper them with prayer and song. Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care.”
