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Iniciativas · 2021–presente

Baby Sprout EDU

El kit, junto con un currículo de ciencia vegetal y nutrición.

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A Baby Sprout EDU kit set up on a classroom desk beside the printed curriculum.
Built with
Avenues Lower School teachers
First tested
First grade class, spring 2021
Now used in
Two 5th grade science classes
Kits donated
75

Cómo empezó

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Baby Sprout EDU came out of remote learning. Students were at home in front of screens and teachers were looking for something physical they could do that still taught the standards.

We co-developed the curriculum with Lower Division teachers at Avenues, tested it with a first grade class in spring 2021, and expanded it to two 5th grade science classes that November. In August 2023 we donated 50 EDU kits across four Covenant House shelters in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Qué incluye

  • Everything in a standard Baby Sprout kit
  • Plant science and nutrition lesson plans
  • Student observation worksheets
  • Teacher's guide

Photographs

Galería

  • A Baby Sprout EDU kit with the printed curriculum beside it.
  • The Growing Food in Small Spaces presentation on screen, with seed variety cards laid out on the table.
  • Three MintBox members presenting the Growing Food in Small Spaces workshop, laptops in hand.
  • MintBox members presenting the EDU curriculum to a 5th grade class at Avenues.
  • Young students at their desks looking into an open Baby Sprout kit.
  • An Avenues student planting seeds in a Baby Sprout kit during class.
  • The team packing 50 EDU kits during the August 2023 manufacturing session.
  • A finished Baby Sprout EDU kit photographed for the site.

Impact

Lo que hemos hecho hasta ahora

EDU kits donated
250+
EDU kits given at no cost through classrooms, shelters and school families. The documented 2023 deliveries were 50 boxes to four Covenant House shelters and 25 to Avenues Lower School; the total of 250+ through 2026 was reported by the team in September 2026.
Students reached
300+
Students who took part in a MintBox lesson, classroom session or school distribution. Counts individual students, not classroom visits. The 300+ total through 2026 was reported by the team in September 2026; an earlier claim of 5,000 people reached could not be reconciled with any record and stays removed.

Programas entregados aquí

Materials

Guías y materiales

  • curriculum

    Currículo de Baby Sprout EDU

    Planes de clase, hojas de trabajo y guía docente de la unidad de ciencia vegetal y nutrición, creada con maestros de Avenues.

    Para: teachers, partners

Field log

Registro de construcción

  1. abril de 2026

    MintBox in the curriculum: grades 2, 3 and 5

    Three short classroom sessions — three to five minutes each, coordinated with a teacher — built to get students interested rather than to distribute. MintBox was worked into the curriculum across all three grades.

  4. Two MintBox members presenting a Baby Sprout EDU kit to a 5th grade class.

    noviembre de 2021

    EDU expands to more classes at Avenues Lower School

    Ethan and Zenchang introduced the curriculum to two 5th grade science classes, about 30 students, from lesson plans built with the Lower Division teachers. The model was student to student: Upper Division students designed and led the lessons rather than adults teaching into the classroom.

    Ethan Seiz, Zenchang Sun

  5. Young students at their desks looking at an open Baby Sprout kit.

    mayo de 2021

    The first Baby Sprout in a classroom

    We brought a kit into a first grade class at Avenues to find out whether the material held a class's attention. It did, and that session became the basis for the EDU curriculum.

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