Professional Development Workshops and StoryTime with Grandpa Gardener Grandpa Gardener is not currently offering Garden-Based Professional Development Workshops for educators and child-care providers of children ages 4 to 7.  These Garden-Based Learning workshops offer interactive and guided learning sessions focusing on the importance of garden-related activities as applied to multiple subject areas. The workshop curriculum meets many Arizona Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Art, Music, and Science and lasts about one hour in length.   Cost: $150.00 for 20 participants (additional $5.00 per person over 20, Maximum 30   participants). A 50% non-refundable deposit check and the number of participants are due at the time of booking. (We're working on electronic payment...but not yet). There will be an additional mileage costs for locations further than 30 miles from downtown Tucson at 60 cents per mile.  Workshop includes: Supplies, take-home informational packet for each participant, and eight Garden-Based Guided Learning Models for teaching young children.   1. Sharing our Garden Experiences 2. Gardening 101: Introduction to Garden-Based Learning 3. Reading and Seedling Session: Introduction to the book, What a Seed Needs to Know by Grandpa Gardener 4. Grandpa Rap Session: Introduction to the Grandpa Rap 5. Garden Art Session: Introduction to drawing "Grandpa-Style" 6. Down to Earth Activity Session: Interactive planting activity 7. From the Ground Up Writing Session: Interactive garden writing activity 8. Harvest Round-up Concluding Session: Garden-Based Learning Tips We also offer free StoryTimes with Grandpa Gardener for children ages 4 to 7, complete with Grandpa Gardener reading his newly published book What a Seed Needs to Know (now available on Amazon), Grandpa Rap Music and Movement Session, Grandpa Style Garden Art and free handouts for children. Books will available for purchase and signing. For further information, please e-mail us at GranpdaGardener@GrandpaGardener.com Please be patient with us as this project has taken since 2001 to get this far! A ten-year hiatus stopped us in our tracks. Working full time and volunteering are also factors. We do hope to return to these workshops, but unsure of the format. (these were done in person and in a garden from 2001 to 2009.  *All Workshops and StoryTimes were available in Metro Tucson AZ area only