by Abigail Miller | Oct 15, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, fall, Farm to School Program, field trip, food cultivation, Food Preparation, Longmont Preschool, pumpkins, Slow Foods for Schools USA, The Family Table Farm
Yesterday, we commemorated the beginning of fall and the end of our Farm to School Community Supported Agriculture program with a trip to visit The Family Table Farm. For the past six months, we have partnered with The Family Table Farm to raise the next generation...
by Abigail Miller | Sep 23, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CSA, cuisine, Longmont Preschool, Slow Foods for Schools USA
One of the things that I love most about exposing children to seasonal food is the way in which it helps children to connect with the changing of the seasons and with nature. As our garden and CSA shares near the end of the season, we thought it might be fun to teach...
by Abigail Miller | Feb 28, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cuisine, Farm to School Program, gardening, nutrition, Seed Savers Exchange, Slow Foods for Schools USA, Spring
Whether it means carrying hyacinths around the classroom and sharing their delicate fragrance with your friends or spending the weekend pouring through seed catalogues, we all find ourselves dreaming of Spring.This weekend, we formalized plans for our edible...
by Abigail Miller | Feb 16, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Community Supported Agriculture, composting, cuisine, Farm to School Program, gardening, nutrition, Slow Foods for Schools USA, The Family Table Farm
“we may be witnessing the first generation in history that has not been required to participate in that primal rite of socialization, the family meal…the family meal is not only the core curriculum in the school of civilizing discourse; it is also a set of...
