#resiliencechat Archive
Co-moderated by Dr. Robert Martinez and Sara Truebridge, #resiliencechat focuses on promoting resilience amongst educators and students.
Monday July 25, 2016
10:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to . Who is out there joining us tonight?
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Hope the feed is working tonight.
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Who is out there joining in on tonight?
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Meredith from SW FL joining this evening
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from Sara:
Who is out there joining in on tonight?
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Hi Meredith! Welcome and great to have you here!!
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YAY!! You're going to love tonight's topic!
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Hi Bill. Ok..break it to me easy...are my tweets coming through?
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I'm here, , but also watching the convention, so somewhat in and out tonight. Especially now, for ! :-)
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Hey ~ Eager to be back to for a bit this evening.
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Hi Barbara! Good to see you!!
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Many things are wonderful about tonight, including flowers. On the other hand... I'm not seeing your tweets.
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Geesh!! Do you think this is ever going to get worked out?!?!
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Sorry and I am glued watching the DNC 4me we will all need the resilience in r character 2unite not divide
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Yes, I actually have it on in the background.
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It could be me, of course. It's got to get worked out somehow. Meanwhile, I <3 's speech.
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Tonight's topic is based on some work that I am doing this summer at a school.
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Tonight's topic: The School Garden.
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I like try to start off each with a little Tidbit. Here's tonight's...
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from Sara
Tonight's topic is based on some work that I am doing this summer at a school.
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Tidbit: This past decade U.S.has seen big increase in school gardens led by CA which calls for a garden in every school.
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Let's get started and we will get some joiners I am sure--with the DNC in the background...
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from Sara
Tonight's topic: The School Garden.
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Tidbit: I cannot imagine anything better for schools, especially in urban areas.
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from Sara
I like try to start off each with a little Tidbit. Here's tonight's...
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Q1: What are the benefits of having a school garden?
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I love that. I do so much of my counseling in our butterfly garden, which Ss call "our comfort spot."
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from Sara
Tidbit: This past decade U.S.has seen big increase in school gardens led by CA...
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from Sara
Q1: What are the benefits of having a school garden?
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I love that. We have a "Butterfly Garden" at our school too!!!
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A1 There is a sense of wonder to be found in every garden.
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Just happened to see your topic tonight. Here is a blog post about school gardens I wrote recently https://t.co/97yyQNxlnM
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A1. Planted many gardens over the years but the challenge always was getting it watered in the summer when everyone is gone.
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A1 Our garden's products make their way to our dining hall. Delicious.
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A1 A place to see what their involvement can do to make a difference. Nurturing that garden Authentic immediate results
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We teamed up with dining hall staff in planning our garden,and they work year round (camps etc.).
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A1: Great topic! We have a school garden. Truly teaches our Ss to be stewards of the earth. A great responsibility!
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that doesn't seem like your tweets are showing up.
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That is wonderful!! We have a Farmer's Market every Friday from our harvest--a variation on the Bake Sale. ;)
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A1 School gardens is a place where kids can do ... grow something ... to bad we often try to over-educate this experience
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This was an issue in another school I worked in but we worked it out with parents signing up for weeks.
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Michelle Obama We lean on each other. True in life and in a garden
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Great topic! We are starting a school garden this year.
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Absolutely!! Such an important lesson to learn
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What produce do you plant? Is it a giving garden? How do you distribute your goods?
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doesn't seem like your tweets are showing up. Are you in ?
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Great idea! Thanks for sharing. https://t.co/H94H5GYO7t
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This was an issue in another school I worked in but we worked it out with parents signing up for weeks.
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A1 I just like to grow stuff and so do the kids ... it is a great experience ... watching stuff grow.
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A1: Having a school garden creates opportunities for children to be creators, guardians & collaborators.
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A1: Gives students context for their learning. A garden can help make learning relevant.
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this is where opportunities for great community connections can come into play! https://t.co/qWSs7jYxsC
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A1. Planted many gardens over the years but the challenge always was getting it watered in the summer when everyone is gone.
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That is such a good point--overeducating instead of following the natural wonder and curiosity of the Ss.
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BTW--Good to see you, Kelly!
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WHoo-hoo!! I will give some resources at the end of
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I'm keeping a tab open for tweets from and I'm copying her questions out for all.
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Not in Twitterjail--just some tech mishap that has been going on for a long time and can't resolve. Hm....
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All sorts of produce! We harvest and then sell like the old fashioned bake sales.;)
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Nice! We used to have a nature center and we had satsuma orange trees that the Ss LOVED to eat from & enjoy
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YES!!! Great point! You can tap neighbors around the sch. even if they don't have kids there
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Maybe we can share some specifics with Q2
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Q2: How have you seen gardening incorporated into schools/curriculum/activities?
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from Sara
Q2: How have you seen gardening incorporated into schools/curriculum/activities?
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A student garden can make children believe they can do things they never believed they could do. https://t.co/BAKObJXBKg
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A2 A little bit. Not as much as I'd like to see. I might have an opportunity to mentor HS aged SpEd kids in the fall.
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A2 Butterfly garden at researched, designed, planted, cared for by students.
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YES!!! We even have a beautiful metal unicorn statue in our garden as garden art. Talk about believe...
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This would be a great project!!!
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Would love to see pics of everyone's gardens!
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from Sara
Would love to see pics of everyone's gardens!
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A2: In our nature center, there's a teaching theater and Science Lab for experiments. Art Ts take Ss outside, so do mentors.
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Wish I had pictures of gardens at my current and former schools to share with y'all, .
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A2: Each grade level contributes: Composting, recycling, life cycles, healthy choices...
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One of the schools I wk with, The Meher Schools, incorporates the garden across the curriculum in really fun ways for Ss.
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Love it!! Art and gardens--now there is a great pair!
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Please join in!!! Glad you found us!
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Q3: What are some of the connections between resilience and gardens??
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A2: Grant from Home Depot, Special education teachers and students starting garden.
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from Sara
Q3: What are some of the connections between resilience and gardens??
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That is fantastic!! Yes, there are grants out there just for this!! (Hi Dorothy!!!)
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Thanks for sharing this pic!!
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A3 Any quiet place you can go to recharge your soul always helps with resilience.
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A3 Watching plants return after rough winters.
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A3: Students learn what inputs needed for plants to thrive = discussion about what inputs make people thrive.
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A2 Lots of math in cooking & procedural writing of recipes. Here are some "iron chef" activity pics https://t.co/JnCQfY4NfJ
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A3: Great question! Gardens are all about creating the conditions for growth. Happy plants yield more fruit!
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Beautiful! It's a great way to explain the concept of resilience
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A3 Watching plants wilting in heat returning after a good rainstorm.
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A3: Plants get stressed and bounce back with care. People do too.
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A3: One of my Ss in grief counseling connects w/his mom thru every Cardinal we see in the garden. https://t.co/VI4A1crIqB
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Love these!! I love the fact that so many of you are involved with gardens at school!!!
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Hi all. I just found you. I saw in my feed.
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Why I find it so healing. I have a sense of wonder every spring.
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A2: Resources abound to help teachers make connections between gardens & the common core (i.e.) https://t.co/zaV19ztomL
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We in CA are waiting to share this lesson--if only we had rain!!! ;)
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He loves feeding the song birds!
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Grow native plants. They will thrive in your conditions. Too much emphasis put on green lawns.
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A3 We all need quiet in our head, heart & soul. Time to listen to inner voice & reflect. Good 4adults good 4students.
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A3: Students can bond together, form new friendships, raise funds and work together to build a garden.
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A3 Prairie plants surviving a drought are something to witness.
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When my son was young we'd go on garden walks to unwind or when he was upset. Now at 22 he STILL does that in gardens!
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A3 I have seen S's use it for self reg. Not in the learning zone, go work in the garden, return to class ready to learn
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You will bring that gift to the students you work with this fall. How lucky for them!!
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Ahhhh......Thks, Barbara. It's great b/c of all the great peeps who participate on
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I hope I will get the chance. Principal resigned and so teacher is not sure new principal will allow.
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Perhaps but I have an equal concern that we "under" educate the experience. Learning vs visiting. https://t.co/DrzW6gi3lI
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A1 School gardens is a place where kids can do ... grow something ... to bad we often try to over-educate this experience
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Yes, that's what we do around here--native plants. And no one has a green lawn anymore. It is frowned upon.
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and another Bay Area gal. :)
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That is so very true!! We are all in it together--big time!! I look forward to ops to connect!
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Good. We still have folks around here trying for lawn perfection. Ridiculous.
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YES!! And it is really fun when they go to the garden on their own.
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A3 shows the value of partnerships. We partnered w/ the high school to start seeds in the greenhouse https://t.co/tuVEiNHFVv
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He taught me more--and continues to--more than I could ever teach him!
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Never too early to be a gardener!
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You will have to keep us in the loop and let us know what happens!!
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from Sara
Q4: What reflections would you like to share about YOUR experience re:gardening with students?
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A4: Some of my favorite memories with my students happened as we built a garden together. I hope they feel the same.
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"Balance" is the operative word here and in life--would you agree? (Good to see you and the boys!)
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You are in the Bay Area?? Where?
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Having a brown lawn is actually a badge of honor around here!
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Scott! This is gross and... awesome! My 5th graders would LOVE this!
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You are fabulous to share these here!!
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Q4: A garden helps develop strong wrk ethic, collaboration and serving others for the common good. https://t.co/LU6knVVwCD
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Palo Alto. We had a home in Livermore a few years back and my husband worked in San Ramon.
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Love the idea of the High School partnering with the elem school!
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Plant sedum or hen and chicks or similar ground cover.
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This is GREAT!!! Heheheh!!
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That's true. The CA drought situation is a mess.
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A4 Can't believe tweeting this: I loved the mess the digging in the soil helpings kids learn responsibility & joy on faces
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Yes, the grosser the better!!! Yuck and Yeah!!
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Beyond being a mess. It's really beyond critical.
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..and I was in Danville but now in Walnut Creek.
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Danville and Walnut Creek are both lovely.
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A4 gardens are not just for teaching curriculum but can build community partnerships where everyone learns from everyone!
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Agreed. RT : Beyond being a mess. It's really beyond critical.
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Q5 A good question that we can help one another with...
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Q5: What concerns or questions might you have about school gardens?
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I love gardening for ALL students. It gets even the most fragile Ss involved and gives them a way to express themselves.
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from Sara
Q5: What concerns or questions might you have about school gardens?
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YES!! I see the beauty in this everyday!! Gardening is for everyone!
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True! Collaboration throughout the whole process can lead to trust, relationships & friendships https://t.co/GIEg50sFGV
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I love gardening for ALL students. It gets even the most fragile Ss involved and gives them a way to express themselves.
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You are fabulous because you remind us along with curriculum we are teaching children with hearts & souls.
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I actually feel that the way to our Ss heads is THROUGH their hearts and souls.
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A5: Is everyone doing organic gardens???
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The credo of Balance is too often just a disguise used to conceal the unpalatability of the truth. JIMO
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Oh, absolutely. Relationships first! https://t.co/R4cVFo2QRP
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I actually feel that the way to our Ss heads is THROUGH their hearts and souls.
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A5: Funding a garden? Rely on grants, LOTS of generous donations from community and families, and reuse items in new ways.
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A5 No pesticides or herbicides, but not organic in the strictest sense. I do buy from local garden centers.
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from Sara
A5: Is everyone doing organic gardens???
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That too! I garden at home an it bring a wealth of joy each season.
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Yes, exactly! Ts who build gardens need to invite those gentle souls to join in! https://t.co/HG0rExD13s
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True! Collaboration throughout the whole process can lead to trust, relationships & friendships https://t.co/GIEg50sFGV
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I love gardening for ALL students. It gets even the most fragile Ss involved and gives them a way to express themselves.
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Q6: What will you do tomorrow as a result of tonight?
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from Sara
Q6: What will you do tomorrow as a result of tonight?
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Although retired I still sub and can't wait to share all these resources w/my colleagues
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A5: I have learned from experience, a garden must include multiple teachers & admin support in order to succeed & last.
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GREAT!!! If there are more that people have feel free to put them up on
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Awesome. I bet they will love them!
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A6 - Nurturing relationships. That's the type of gardening I love to do.
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YES!! It has to be a collaborative effort to really succeed and be sustained.
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Didn't think I'd join but a tweet from about listening to DNC in background, I decide to do so. THX all
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I great big THANK YOU to all for participating and "growing together" in our own special garden each Monday on
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A6: Ironically, mtg with a team of teachers, AP, and principal so we can plan for a new year in the garden with our kids!
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Thank you for being here! Your voice and input is always valuable and insightful!
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from Sara
I great big THANK YOU to all for participating and "growing together" in our own special garden each Monday on
