It’s well understood in the research that spending time in nature directly boosts physical and mental well-being. Gardening, therefore, is a super healthy habit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gardening activity<\/strong> \u2013 lifting, raking, digging, even pulling weeds can provide all four types of exercise – endurance, flexibility, balance and strength! Don\u2019t have a good spot for your own garden? Find a community garden near you<\/a> with the American Community Gardening Association. Try Make your gardening movements deliberate \u2013 alternate raking with your right or left hand, do a lunge or squat when you\u2019re moving from one garden bed to the next, or shoveling heavy piles of dirt are all good functional fitness activities. We’ve finally made it! The last day of school, but fear not…we’re still going to work hard today. Physical Activity It’s well understood in the research that spending time in nature directly boosts physical and mental well-being. Gardening, therefore, is a super healthy habit! Gardening activity \u2013 lifting, raking, digging, even pulling weeds can provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":722,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For a challenge today, work with a partner and alternate stations at your gardens. Take turns digging, planting, raking, and watering.getting a space ready for gardening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nutrition and Healthy Eating<\/strong>
Gardening Greats: Maintaining your garden<\/strong>
Summer is the perfect time to work in the garden and what a great way to get some exercise, fresh air, and sunshine. But what do we actually need to do to keep up a garden \u2013 can\u2019t plants take care of themselves? Not really! Plants in gardens need to be maintained and that\u2019s where we as gardeners come in. So what do plants need from us? Generally they need the two W\u2019s- water and weeding.
Water <\/strong>\u2013 Vegetables need to be watered whenever the soil dries out, or when very hot weather makes them droop (we call this wilting). If you don\u2019t already have a watering can, use this quick video<\/a> to see how you can make one out of things in your home.
Weeding<\/strong>– Why can\u2019t we just let weeds grow? We pull weeds so that they don\u2019t steal our plants sunlight, water, and nutrients. Check out this video<\/a> and learn how to pull weeds properly and how to keep them from growing in the first place. To document your garden growth this summer use this journal template<\/a>.
Gardening activity<\/strong> \u2013 lifting, raking, digging, even pulling weeds can provide all four types of exercise – endurance, flexibility, balance and strength! Don\u2019t have a good spot for your own garden? Find a community garden near you with the American Community Gardening Association. Try getting a space ready for gardening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elementaryphysicaleducation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3291\/2020\/06\/garden.jpg\")
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