Week 4: As the seasons are changing, so are the little children at the preschool. They are welcoming the autumn by recognizing the plants in the garden and appreciating the changing colors. This week while I was out in the garden I helped the children till the soil with some shovels to get part of the garden prepared for cover cropping. The area was previously growing potatoes that we had harvested a few weeks prior. Through Ecological Agriculture, the other program I am taking at Evergreen 
we are investigating methods to implement cover cropping into larger farm systems. It is lucky that my two programs are able to connect so that I am able to get a holistic learning experience and apply this in the children’s garden. The children get to pick kale to have at lunch with their coconut rice and vegetables and also helped Aimee to create an autumn bouquet to have inside the house. There are songs that the children sing each week, some that I am familiar with but also most are new that I haven’t heard before. I am having a meeting with Aimee this next week to make a list of questions to ask about her teaching. I was not able to make it to their harvest festival because of a field trip but they present seasonal festivals where they preform songs and dance.