The garden also has My Garden and Explore modes where students can build the garden with items from different categories and view the sensory (5 senses-related) experiences in the garden, respectively.
Language Lens:
- The Activities mode is a great context to model verbs, temporals and causal constructions: "The lawn needs mowing BECAUSE the grass is long!"
- By building their own garden, students will practice using categories and descriptive skills, and perhaps explaining why they made certain choices.
- The site is an engaging way to reinforce abstract curriculum around months, seasons, and the 5 Senses.
This site IS NOT iPad-friendly as it is flash-based.
Thank you to Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties for highlighting this resource.
Thank you to Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties for highlighting this resource.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Sean!! This is a wonderful post!! Just put the link on the FB page of the S-LPs that work in my province!! Thanks for continuing to share all of these wonderful resources!
ReplyDeleteThank you for emphasizing the importance of choosing a watering can that's comfortable to use. I've made the mistake of buying a heavy watering can in the past and it was a pain to use.
ReplyDeleteSensory Garden offers rich, thematic lessons, perfect for skill development. Its interactive, seasonal garden scenes are a delight. The "Activities" section is particularly engaging, asking students to identify garden actions. This reminds me of the rewarding, incremental progress in Cookie Clicker, where each click, or in this case, each discovery, builds towards a larger experience.
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