Digging into Regeneration

Kidsregen.org's exclusive educator's newsletter and bonus online activities will spark your students' interest in nurturing themselves, their community, and the earth.

Lay the Groundwork for a Great School Year

Discover how you can enrich your students' classroom experience with these thought-provoking resources.

Kidsregen.org's newsletter is packed with ideas to help you encourage your students to become global stewards — to be positive and active in mind, body, and spirit. Use the newsletter alone or in conjunction with the invaluable information you'll find on our site to help plan exciting classroom lessons. Simply fill in this form to download your free newsletter.

How Would You Regenerate
this Proverb?

Children should be seen and ________________?

Now, give your students a shot to respond from their hearts! What does a follow-up discussion reveal?

Riddle Me This:

Q: Throughout history, they've been maligned as food fit only for animals and revered as "apples of life." They're down and dirty, yet these often-misunderstood vegetables kept Incan civilizations thriving, helped fuel the Industrial Revolution, and triggered mass population shifts. Besides being one of the world's most important food crops, they are used to produce paper, adhesive, biodegradable plastics, and even cosmetics. Who are these nutritional superstars? Answer.

Get a Head Start!
Need some instant ideas to generate classroom discussions? Try these, and download your free newsletter for more activities!

Soil and People:
The Inside Dirt
Ask the class, How do you think the health of soils and humans are related? Give students time to jot down thoughts before sharing and discussing them as a class. Next, invite students to explore Kidsregen.org and ask them to find a new example they hadn't yet considered. As students share their new "ahas," add them to the class list. Ask, What new questions does the exercise trigger? (Check out the Take Your Health into Your Own Hands feature for even more ideas.)

Tasty News Morsels
Have each student read some of the fascinating tidbits on relevant issues in Miss No-Aphid's Gossip Column. (They can click on More Gossip… for a complete list.) Next, ask them to choose one that sparks their interest. In small teams or as a class, students should discuss the following: Why I picked this tidbit. Questions or ideas it made me think about.

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