By Garden Theme

Below you will find book guides and interactive activities organized around 10 garden and ecology-related themes. Links to read alouds are available for most of the books as well. Each guide includes vocabulary lists, comprehension questions, activities and games for each book and are geared toward youth from pre-k to 3rd grade. We encourage parents and caregivers to draw on these resources for use at home and for educators to use at school.

If you have questions or feedback on the Backpack Literacy Curriculum, please contact Carly Pierson at carlypierson@email.arizona.edu.

 

 

 


 

First, here are instructions on how to assemble garden literacy backpacks and instructions for how to print and use activity cards. Please click on links to download these resources. 

Garden Theme 1: School and Community Gardens

Book Guides

Activities 

Garden Theme 2: Seeds

Book Guides:

Activities

Garden Theme 3: Pollinators

Book Guides: 

Activities 

Garden Theme 4: Desert Animals

Book Guides: 

Activities 

Garden Theme 5: Desert Ecology

Book Guides:

            (by: Anthony D. Fredericks & Jennifer Dirubbio, ISBN: 978-1584690528)

            (by: Tish Rabe, ISBN: 978-0375858680) 

Activities

Garden Theme 6: Fables, Folktales, and Myths

Book Guides:

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Garden Theme 7: Harvest Time

Book Guides

Activities

Garden Theme 8: Math and Language Foundations

Book Guides

Activities 

Garden Theme 9: People's Relationship with Nature

Book Guides

Activities

Garden Theme 10: Science

Book Guides

Activities

 

 

The Backpack Literacy Program is kindly supported by the Stocker Foundation.