Classroom Focused Curriculums and Activities
An activity kit for each plant of the month with hands-on and nutrition education activities, teacher guides, and newsletters (English and Spanish)
California’s Farm to ECE curriculum with an activity each week including cooking, science, and circle-time based lessons
Also available in Spanish
Other Activities and Education Resources
Washington State Department of Health’s conversation cards with questions meant to foster conversation between children while helping them to understand and appreciate healthy food and where it comes from.
Also available in Spanish
Recipes with seasonal ingredients and some lesson plans. Also available in Spanish
Hang these signs outside classroom doors to promote and celebrate your taste test activities. Available in English and Spanish
Gardening Resources
Gives a brief overview of planning and garden team building in English and Spanish
Lifelab’s Spanish resource list, including guides to starting your garden, garden curriculums, nutrition education curriculum, and songs and music
Use this worksheet to think through and develop a comprehensive garden plan
Also available in Spanish
Garden Focused Curriculums and Activities
An easy reference guide on the curriculums linked above.
Also available in Spanish
a garden-focused tips collection full of easy, brain-building activities that can be integrated into the day-to-day.
Also available in Spanish
by Oxbow Farms (Spanish and English)
Starting Farm to ECE
This worksheet will help you plan your farm to ECE program step-by-step
Also available in Spanish
Sustaining Farm to ECE
NFSN and ASPHN’s self-assessment designed to help ECE providers assess their current farm to ECE practices and develop goals and action plans to help grow farm to ECE at their site. Available in both English and Spanish.
Local Procurement Resources
Rooted and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems’ guide featuring one breakfast, lunch, and snack recipe for each of the four seasons. All recipes are scaled for 8 and 25 servings, include serving sizes for different age groups, and note CACFP crediting information. Also available in Spanish
by the National Farm to School Network. Also available in Spanish
by the National Farm to School Network. Also available in Spanish
40 recipes from different cultures and regions available in English and Spanish
Aligning Farm to ECE with CACFP
Provides step-by-step instructions for purchasing from a variety of local food sources. The Spanish version is intended for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs.
Also available in Spanish