“Other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown” Matthew 4:8
WELCOME to the HSV Garden Challenge! Today we kick off an exciting adventure teaching our homeschoolers valuable life lessons using soil, seeds, sunlight, water, and fun. Lots of fun!! We are so thankful you would join us and share your gardening experience!
Our generous March sponsors:
CurrClick is offering the first 10 participants to link up a $15.00 CurrClick Gift Certificate. * always use a valid email address when linking up — we will email you the gift certificate info!! Please take time today to visit their site – follow them & thank them for their homeschool support on twitter or facebook!
Homeschool Creations is offering all link ups (and blog frog participants) a Garden Preschool Pack ! This is a wonderful resource to include your little ones in on the fun! Every link up will receive the BONUS PART of the pack created just for The HSV Garden Challenge! * always use a valid email address when linking up — we will email you the BONUS preschool pack! Keep track of all the fun at Homeschool Creations on facebook
Today link up your First Homeschool Garden post - Include:
- PHOTO — 1 current photo where you will be gardening (actual location)
- PLANS – what you are/have/gonna plant – (seeds / starter plants / herbs)
- RESOURCES — books, magazines, verses, unit study, etc.
- INVOLVEMENT — homeschooler’s reaction / participation / anticipation
If you do not have a blog – please join us at our Blog Frog Community.
If you are on twitter share your garden posts with the hashtag #hsvgarden.
Helpful Articles!!
Composts – by Simple Mom
Garden & Child Safety Information – via KidsGardening.org – please read this article concerning Pesticides, Accidents, Lead Poisoning, Allergic Reactions, Illnesses, and Poisonous Plants.
Garden / Gardening Resources – CurrClick – Do you need some journals, unit studies, books or other resources?
Come back April 28th (10amEST) for the next Garden link up and new sponsor / giveaway! Thank you for joining us!
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Kim Sorgius
Kim is just a girl, crazy in love with Jesus. She's a single mother of 4, a passionate homeschooler and life-long student. After teaching 8 years in public school, she traded her M.A. in Early Childhood for sippy cups and homeschool co-ops. Kim blogs at Not Consumed where she encourages others to rest victoriously in the hands of God, rather than allowing life's difficult circumstances to consume.
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YEAH!!!!
Yay I’m excited. Thanks for hosting the challenge =)
we’re hoping everyone has a great experience !!
Wpw – look at all the people linking up. hooray!
fantastic!
We are really excited about this garden challenge. We love to garden too. Thanks for hosting this.
thanks for saying so and joining us!
thanks for joining us !!
It’s muddy and wet today, but we’re hoping to get out this weekend and start digging. This should be a lot of fun.
it rained for 3 days straight here – no gardening in site for us!
So excited to see what everyone is doing in their gardens. This will only be our third year gardening and we are looking forward to expanding and planting even more this year!
3 years – way to go! ENJOY!
WOW So many linked up so quick! Must be everyone is excited!
or I just have great ideas (snort) Everyone is excited and it makes it so much more fun!!
Thanks for hosting this! It’s going to be lots of fun!!
yes – we’re hoping so – it already looks great reading all these posts!
Thank you for hosting this fun event. My daughter is really excited about growing a garden this year. This is fantastic that we will be able to visit other blogs and see their garden grow and learn along the way. Thank you again for sharing.
absolutely! we are so excited many people wanted to join the fun and share their experiences! have a great time!
Hoping to learn from all the wonderful link ups!
such fantastic tips!!
What a great challenge! Since my kids are grown up now, I’m not participating. I do have links to lots of free Montessori botany materials that could be helpful for Garden Challenge participants, though. Here’s my post: http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/03/31/free-montessori-botany-materials-for-a-gardening-unit/.
thanks Deb – we LOVE your encouragement and support even though your kids are grown!
Looking forward to spying on everyone’s gardens because I have no idea what I’m doing! Woohoo!
haha – thanks for the honesty! I hope you see something useful – there are so many great tips!
Hey, Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations sent me here, and I’m so looking forward to her garden preschool pack extras. I’ve downloaded everything from her website, and just linked up here. How do I get the extras for the Garden Challenge?
we are (slowly) emailing everyone the bonus pack – thanks!!
Thanks so much for hosting this challenge! We’re so excited to be involved!
Thanks for saying so – we’re happy you’re joining us and hope you find some great garden reads!
Wow! Lots of link-ups ~ that’s great! Will be back tomorrow to make some rounds!
thanks Michelle – I am pleasantly surprised with all the link ups too!!
Thanks so much for such an exciting challenge! This is the imeptus we needed to get the WHOLE FAMILY invloved in cultivating our garden.
Blessings,
Lusi x
thanks – we love getting the whole family involved!!
Sounds like fun! I loved browsing through several of the other garden links as well
We posted ours late due to a family emergency. Hope you can add our link to this April post. Little Sprouts.
I set it to active for another day – thanks for wanting to participate!
Was away at the Great Cincinnati Homeschool Convention all weekend….is it too late to link up???
I set it to active for another day – thanks for wanting to participate!
Thanks so much!!! I’m marking the other link dates straight to my calendar!
I have a giveaway going on to coordinate with this Garden Challenge: http://www.granolamom4god.com/2011/04/relevant-giveaway.html
and I hope to get my garden pictures up tonight!!!
I looks like the Linky is closed. Here is my garden link-up!!!
http://www.granolamom4god.com/2011/04/my-greenhouse.html
I have never done this before and don’t know how to link up! Our first garden post is here:
http://madeforlaughter.blogspot.com/2011/04/garden.html
It’s fun to see everyone’s gardens!
Kori
I just found out about the challenge. My blog is at http://squarefootadventures.blogspot.com/
Can I get on the link up?
thanks Cheryl for wanting to link up – but we closed the link up. You can link up for the 2nd one April 28th ! If you are looking for the bonus preschool pack – let me know and I will email it.
Yes, I would love the bonus preschool pack–thank you! My 3 year old will love it!
I see I missed the linky, just found your webpage, and I’m anxious to go through all the other links and see what others are doing!
http://littlerockflower.blogspot.com/2011/04/gardens-and-homeschool.html
Is there a way I can still get the bonus preschool pack?
I’ll start prepping my next blog post for the end of april, and be on time!
http://agreaterhand.blogspot.com/2011/04/preschool-corner-garden-challenge-kids.html
I was also too late to link up but did a gardening post, anyway, and plan to participate in the future link-ups. I would also love to get the bonus pack, if that is still possible. Thanks!
changchang75@gmail.com
How do I get the pre-school bonus pack? I did link up, but I don’t know how to get the pack. My kidos are enjoying watching the plants grow.
-STACY
Stacy – I will send it to you – we have an incomplete email address from your link up. THANKS!
Is it too late to link up and get the garden pack? i just found your blog!
I would love to know this too! I just found this and i was just writing up our first garden post!