see your New Year Edition  JMG Kids Garden Newsletter     This month's garden treat for winning groups and subscriber in  Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Texas and Florida. Each month we'll select a few registered JMG groups and a JMG News subscriber to receive a free, cool item. This month's treat: Cool Pollinator Poster! Check the newsletter to see if your group is one of them!	Roly Polies JMG Group The Roly Polies JMG Group is made up of a group of some very enthusiastic young people. These students are developing their own garden, which began as an empty field of heavy clay soils. They now have many different plants growing from seeds, as well as grape vines, fruit trees, blackberries and other fruits and veggies that they can take home and enjoy. They are learning to compost and use earthworms to assist them in their efforts, and these students work very hard to make their garden into a living lab for them to grow as they learn. The Roly Polies Group also reaches out to other youths wanting to start gardening program by receiving donations of organic soils for schools who want to start a school garden The National Junior Master Gardener Group of the Month is selected for outstanding efforts in their school & community.Nominate your group as the National Junior Master Gardener Group of the Month        For more information see feature in this month's  Junior Master Gardener National Newsletter   "Students learn about Plant Growth & Development,  become Wildlife Gardeners, or connect great books to the garden in a study of Literature in the Garden - and now there's research that shows that this program increases science achievment. I love this program!" JMG teacher browse the JMG Curricula	know&grow JMG news: >>deadline extended!* accepting nominatons: National JMG Awards *award winners receive travel stipend National Science Teacher Association: NSTA Reports JMG Growing Science Achievement free subscription to JMG NEWS  jmgkids.us/grow teacher feature: Utilize student creativity to learn plant terminology while allowing your  kids to build a beautiful paper sculpture garden inside during this coldest time of the year! "Indoor Botanical Garden of Art" lesson free PDF download of lesson  (JMG Level 2, Operation Thistle., pgs 20-23 order curriculum)