Agricultural Literacy Week - March 18 - 22, 2024
Volunteer Sign Up
CCE Nassau is looking for volunteers for the annual Agriculture Literacy Week in March. Please see the information below about the program.
The Cornell University New York Agriculture in the Classroom Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County invite you to participate in our annual Agricultural Literacy Week to be held in 2024! Last year, 2300 books were donated to school or classroom libraries and books were read by volunteers to thousands of second graders throughout New York State.
The selected book for 2024 is I LOVE Strawberries written by Shannon Anderson and illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett
Jolie LOVES strawberries - and she’s on an unstoppable (and hilarious) mission to grow her own food from seedling to table in this colorful introduction to the joy of growing the popular perennial.
Through Jolie's comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the "old people" (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready with the help of her faithful rabbit Munchy! Together they find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.
Creating a garden calendar and notebook, how strawberries grow, what pests to look out for in a garden, why ladybugs are helpful, and how a good gardener takes care of strawberry plants are all explained in this fun and educational story.
Dates and Time:
Teachers will be choosing 45 minute time slots between 9:15am and 2:30pm. Please choose which half day block you would like to volunteer for. Once you sign up, you will receive further details from us regarding locations and exact time.
If at anytime you have questions, please contact Nassau County 4-H at 516-832-2591 ext. 106 or email nassaucounty4h@cornell.edu
To register for this event, please click the Register button below.
Thank you for volunteering for this event!
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