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A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
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Head 		Age:
3-6
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Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Graft one plant onto another (e.g. tomato onto potato).
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Place mulch on bare soil (e.g. straw, grass clippings, cardboard etc).
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Prepare and store a crop e.g. potatoes, jam, sauerkraut.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Grow plants within a crop rotation (e.g. with lettuce and beetroot grown in one plot one year, next year legumes (beans and peas) and cucurbits (e.g. pumpkin, courgettes, squash, marrows), then brassicas (e.g. broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, kohl rabi etc.) and 4th year roots (e.g. carrot, beetroot, celeriac, celery, parsnip) and onions.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Experience growing perennials and growing annual plants, and discuss the differences and similarities.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Create a garden, growing food in polycultures, following a permaculture design and implementation plan.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Grow mushrooms (on logs, books or sawdust).
Growing food Caring for soil Identify creatures in the compost (e.g. children create cards with pictures, names and explanations of the roles of that creature).
Growing food Caring for soil Sing a song about compost, such as the one on the CiP website.
Growing food Caring for soil Listen to stories about the soil and the communities of minibeasts that live in it.
Growing food Caring for soil Find out that compost is good for plants and helps them grow.
Growing food Caring for soil Discover that food scraps can gradually turn to compost.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn that it is good to cover soil with mulch, to feed the worms and keep the soil moist.
Growing food Caring for soil See, smell and feel healthy soil, and compare to degraded soil (e.g. soil from a lawn, intensively farmed field).
Growing food Caring for soil See the layers of a compost bin or worm tower (e.g. through a transparent side) to see how organic material transforms into compost.
Growing food Caring for soil Observe plants in the garden, noticing which ones are healthy or not and thus if they need more nutrients in the soil.
Growing food Caring for soil Make compost using different methods (e.g. hot composting, wormery, cold composting, liquid compost).
Growing food Caring for soil Learn that healthy soil is 1/4 air, 1/4 water, 10% organic matter and 40% mineral (sand/silt/clay). Make a pie chart about this.
Growing food Caring for soil Hear a story about how all of life as we know it depends on soil.
Growing food Caring for soil Role play soil - Each person takes on a role of an element of the soil (e.g. clay/sand/silt particles, water, air, organic matter, plant roots, fungus, bacteria), then dramatise how those elements interact in different soils (e.g. compact, dry, wet, rich soil). Compacted soil has no air. At the end create a perfect mixture for growing which is 1/4 air, 1/4 water, 10% organic matter and 40% mineral.

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