Life is a garden...Dig It!

Look what we grew......

Radishes!!!

Shine On: Ladaysha

Last Thursday afternoon, I took my students out to water the garden.

Little did I know...I would be getting a lesson in gardening.

I thought it was simple.. grab the hose and spray the plants.

Ladaysha, one of our garden apprentices, quickly showed me there was more to gardening than just "grab the hose and spray the plants".

She explained to her classmates that we needed to check the rainfall catcher. She made sure we picked up the trash and anything else that didn't belong in our garden. After, we collected all of the things that didn't belong she instructed everyone on the proper techniques of watering the garden. Not only did she teach us how to water the garden she came up with a strategy for each person to have a turn to water the garden. "You can stand right here, Tytiana will water first, then she'll pass it to you, and then you water your section". I was really impressed by this. I was already anticipating having to devise a plan for each person to have a turn to water.

Ladaysha continued to impress me. Hakim, one of Mr. Phillip's students, joined us in the garden. Hakim was anxious to pick peas and peppers. Ladaysha said "Hakim...let me show you how to check to see if the vegetables are ready to be picked". She took a few minutes to give Hakim one-on-one instruction on how to pick the veggies. She then allowed Hakim to pick a pod of peas. His face lit up with joy and excitement. He was incredibly proud of the 6 peas he picked. So proud that he asked for a ziploc to hold his peas so he could show his mother.

Seconds after his mother walked in the door....he exclaimed "Mommy, look what I did...I picked peas from the garden. Will you cook them for me? "

She was just as excited and proud of him.

Kudos to Ladaysha for teaching everyone about the garden!

Exercising is what we did today

What we did today is exercising. We did 6-point push ups. 1) First, you squat down on your feet and then you put your hands on the floor. 2) And then you get your feet out. 3) And then you push up. 4)
Then push down. 5) Then, you get back on your feet. 6) Then you stand up. That was the 6-point push ups.

I love fruits and vegetables because they are good for you. We tried some eggplant. We tried mango. We saw the jackfruit. We tried cantelope. We tried temptation melon. That's all.

How to do the reach throughs. 1) First, you're standing up. 2) And then you take your hands and then you open your legs open. 3) And then you put your hands through your legs. 4) And then you can feel the pain.

What We Did Today

Today, We went to the grocery store and Ms. Keilani and CJ had a list of stuff to get. Our group had to get broccoli, salad, potatoes, red onions, spinach, and carrots. I checked the price on all the vegetables and weighed them too . We had exercise class, and we did stretches and Ms.
Keilani did the splits for our class.

The Healthy Program

As you can see, I am in a very good camp. I love it. It is the best camp I ever been to. I love everyone in this camp. It is fun at this camp. It's beautiful. I have been here for 5 years, if I'm not mistaken. All my life I loved this program. It's the best.

I researched that fruit makes your muscles bigger when you eat it when you first wake up and 30-60 minutes before you work out.

Today I learned how...I'm learning how to do new exercises and I'm learning new information about eating more fruits and vegetables and don't be hanging around the wrong people because it's wrong. They're going to end up in jail and you're going to go with them and you go somewhere safe at night. They are a lot of people that be outside when curfew has passed. Security be searching. Those who don't think that they can't go to prison, they are wrong.

Today my favorite thing was to do new exercises and log on to search for stuff and I had fun today.

The trip to the Farmer's Market

The field trip was fun. We went Farmer's Market. We got to taste different fruits and we didn't know how it tasted. And I thought the figs was going to be nasty but it was good. I saw fruits and vegetables that I didn't know what it was. That thing that looked like a big 'ole C. It was white. It feels soft. This part feels like an egg. It was an eggplant. There were some black things that Miss Janet bought. It was an eggplant, too.