Try posting on the GW forum below, too.

Also, there is much information through the National Gardening Association. If you use this cut and paste link below, you'll go to a page where you can scroll down to exchange/swap info with other schools and teachers about what they have done and how they are doing it.

http://www.kidsgardening.com/teachers2.asp#exchange

Ginger

Here is a link that might be useful: GW Gardening With Kids Forum

I volunteer with kids a lot of different ages if you want to make an impact consider all questions challenges to your status as one qualified to lecture them if you answer every question and roll with the punches instead of continuing whatever planned discussion you had just adapt what you have to tell them to the commits and questions they have.

We definitely roll with the punches. We've had four class meetings, plus a special session with P. Allen Smith who was in town to speak at Garden Gurus. The first week we exceeded the scheduled class time by about 15 minutes. Since then we, as Master Gardeners, have been better organized and usually try to have one MG working with each of the 5 teams.

Our first experiment, propagating begonias, has not been a success - we've grown more mold than anything - and we may restart that project. We forced spring bulbs and brought them into bloom in just two weeks. On Tuesday we sowed radish, turnip and carrots in a competition - we already have sprouts. I encourage other MGs to search out and participate in these projects.