Eden's Table · 4th grade
For fourth grade, Eden's Table uses Seedlings, the grades 3-5 year: a different 36 plants, with body systems, herb profiles, a hypothesis your child writes and then tests, and Scripture throughout. If herbs are new to your family, most families still start with Sprouts, because Seedlings builds on its 36 plants.
A single week on a single plant carries Bible, science, language arts, math, art, history, geography, Latin, health, and character, and the Week at a Glance page tells you which day carries which. You are not stacking ten subjects into a morning. You are teaching one plant well, and the disciplines arrive with it.
You do not need to know herbalism to teach this. The read-aloud is scripted, the discussion questions are written, the memory verse is chosen, and the kitchen lab tells you exactly which supplies to set on the counter.
Every unit is anchored in Scripture. Herbalism here is presented as stewardship of Yahweh's creation, not alternative medicine.
Eden's Table · Grades K-5 · Both years on sale now
Grades K-2
Where most families start36 plants learned by sight, smell and touch. Kitchen labs, memory songs and seven read-aloud stories across the year.
The whole year, printed · $249All 36 weeks in three books. Shipping from $12, calculated in your cart. At your door in about 2 to 3 weeks.
Grades 3-5
The next 36 plantsA different 36 plants. Body systems, herb profiles, and a hypothesis your child writes and then tests.
The whole year, printed · $249All 36 weeks in three books. Shipping from $12, calculated in your cart. At your door in about 2 to 3 weeks.
Why we steer new families to Sprouts, even with older children
By grade: Kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
If herbs are new to your family, start with Sprouts. Sprouts and Seedlings teach different plants, 36 each, so skipping Sprouts leaves out 36 of the 72 your child would otherwise finish with, and no later year goes back for them. If your child already knows the basics, go straight to Seedlings. Children in both bands learn Sprouts together first, then Seedlings the next year.
The reading level is K-2. The plant work is not. An older child simply goes further within the same week: longer notebook entries, the botanical drawing done properly, and the harder questions in the Teacher's Guide. They also move faster, so a year of Sprouts often takes an older child considerably less than a year.
Yes. Teach Sprouts to everyone together first, then Seedlings the next year. You teach one week, once, to everybody, and the older child simply goes further within it.
No. Open the Teacher's Guide on Monday morning and the week is already built. The read-aloud is scripted, the discussion questions are written, the memory verse is chosen, and the kitchen lab tells you exactly which supplies to set on the counter.
No. Each week uses a small amount of a common dried herb from your pantry, your garden, or the herb list we keep for families at edeninstitute.health/homeschool/herbs.
Questions? Email hello@edeninstitute.health and a real person (Camila) answers.
Kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 5th grade All grades All 72 plants, week by week