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YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
 The
purpose of the Youth Enrichment Program (YEP), sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardener Program, is to help
2nd grade students learn about plants, how they
grow, how seeds are
spread and what plants provide for us. The presentation is done with
the aid of
posters, a puppet named “Herbie” (our pretend bean that grows), root
viewers (a
clear plastic cup in which students plant 5 different seeds). The
Master
Gardener team role plays how a seed grows. Each presentation lasts one
hour
and is designed to supplement the unit the teachers present on plants.
The program
was begun in 1995 in a couple of classrooms in Sequim. The program
proved so successful
that in just two years the program was presented to all 2nd
grade
classrooms in the entire Clallam County.In 2011, we visited 30 classrooms and made root viewers with 642 second grade students.  Response from the second grade students Five Acres School, Sequim WA |
MASTER
GARDENERS OF CLALLAM COUNTY
