{"id":6047,"date":"2026-04-13T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:26:34","slug":"growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/2026\/04\/13\/growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Mushrooms at Christmas Box House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Sherrie and her students at Christmas Box House had a great time growing mushrooms. They set up a terrarium and started to grow radishes. Then, upon learning about mushrooms as part of a &#8220;forest&#8221; habitat lesson, the students asked if they could try growing mushrooms. Students were incredibly enthusiastic about it and ran to look at their plants and the mushrooms each morning the moment Ms. Sherrie got to the door. Though, they were less enthusiastic about eating the mushrooms (as is mentioned in the class verdict below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"6054\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/2026\/04\/13\/growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house\/image-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"911,1215\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"image (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6-768x1024.png\" data-id=\"6054\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Student observation sheet \" class=\"wp-image-6054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-6.png 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"6050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/2026\/04\/13\/growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house\/image-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-8.png\" 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https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/image-12.png 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"6059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/2026\/04\/13\/growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house\/day-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G998U1&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1774610318&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.022941606&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Day 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-id=\"6059\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom growing kit\" class=\"wp-image-6059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"6056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/2026\/04\/13\/growing-mushrooms-at-christmas-box-house\/day-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-3-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G998U1&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1774953326&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02081093&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Day 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-3-768x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"6056\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/yess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/04\/Day-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom 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