Vineyard Haven School teacher Kim Moore’s second graders worked this year with Elissa Lash and Claire Lafave of Island Grown Schools to learn about food, where it comes from, and how it grows. They tried cooking and eating new vegetables, planting, and harvesting. The class ended the year by writing free-form poetry about the garden. Here is a sampling of their efforts:
“I feel” by Chandler Strelecki
I feel the wind
it made my hair swish back and forth
with a breeze just right for the garden
The dirt was warm and soft
I heard the wind blow leaves around
and then a dog barking
all this made me think of my dad
“Our garden” by Gerry Kane
Dogs barking
red worms squirming
our happy garden
getting dirty
with warm wet dirt
proud garden
“My Happy Garden” by Isabel Carreno Vogt
Look over there
a wiggly worm
I like to see our garden grow.
Feel the warmth on the garden
Look at the plants growing
I smell the leaves in our garden
I love my garden
“Worms” by Katie Ogden
I feel nervous because I did not want to hurt anything
I feel curious because I admire the worms of the garden
I feel sad because I don’t get to see them often
I really love worms because they help our garden
