The best way to learn about nature is to be in nature, touch the soil with your own hands, and observe how broad beans and rapeseeds are produced. Recently, Grade four and five students at the Primary School of Shanghai No.2 Normal School, who had come back to school, were able to learn something about plants in their little garden with their gardening teacher. With several seeds selected, students, guided by their teacher, began weeding and sowing. Each class had their own plot, and when finished, they went to the plots of classes of lower grades, who wouldn't come back until June, to help them sow some seeds as a welcome-back gift.
Loosening the soil, selecting seedlings, planting seedlings, and watering them…only after a few activities Liu Zitao from Class 4 of Grade 4 was sweating heavily, "Now I know how hard life has been for farmers. They have to do these from spring to autumn, and I have only done it for one hour, and I already can't catch my breath. We should definitely cherish the food on our plates."
The "one meter garden" on the roof of the school building is a "treasured place" for both teachers and students at the school. The garden gives students an opportunity to see with their own eyes that little browns seeds grow out of the soil, sprout, and demonstrate to them the miraculous changes of life. "From the garden students understand that gains come after pains, and it greatly inspires their love for the green nature and life," a staff-in-charge at the school said.