Gardening with Kindergarteners can be refreshing and challenging.  They look at the world with a fresh and curious point of view.  Keep your groups small, 5 to 10 kids at a time for about 15 to 30 minutes.  Here is a typical year with Kindergarten gardening:

Fall Lessons:

It is important to get the garden started in early October.  Alameda is know for it's Mediterranean Climate which is mild and great for winter gardens.

Week 1:  Introduction and Rules of the Garden

Week 2:  Prepare garden bed for planting harvest seeds.

Week 3:  Lesson: What does a plant need to grow? Start planting seeds.

November: Counting Pumpkin Seeds and Sorting Leaves

Winter Lessons:

Planting seeds indoors in starter pots and windows.

Spring Summer Lessons:

Lesson: Five Senses in the Garden - Last year we had our Kindergarteners make a book called 5 Senses in the Garden. 

We used 11x17 paper, copied the headings on to each page, and then folded them into books and stapled them. The students then colored a picture of how they used each sense while in the garden.  They heard birds, touched worms, tasted  vegetables, smelled flowers and saw ladybugs.  Whatever it was, they had a great memory of their year in the garden.  For instructions on how to fold your little book, see Little Book Instructions. See the slideshow below to see an example.

Lesson: My Favorite Thing About Gardening