Class 6 Vocational Education Chapter 1 (Project 1), School Kitchen Garden, opens Part 1 (Work with Life Forms) of NCERT’s Grade 6 Kaushal Bodh activity book (2026-27). It guides students through planning a kitchen garden, making vermicompost, sowing seeds, caring for crops, harvesting and pricing produce.
What Class 6 Vocational Education Chapter 1 Covers
Activities 1–4: Farm Visit, Planning, Vermicompost & Soil Preparation starts with visiting a local farm/nursery (Activity 1), measuring and planning the school kitchen garden layout or container beds (Activity 2), preparing nutrient-rich vermicompost using earthworms (Activity 3), and preparing raised beds, furrows and soil mixes (Activity 4).
Activities 5–10: Sowing, Plant Care, Harvesting & Market Pricing covers sowing seeds at the right depth and transplanting seedlings (Activity 5), watering, mulching, weeding and staking (Activity 6), recording plant growth (Activity 7), harvesting fresh vegetables (Activity 8), visiting a vegetable market (Activity 9), and calculating input costs to set a fair price (Activity 10).
Exercises in Chapter 1
- What did I learn from others?, What did I do and how long did it take? activity logs, and Think and Answer reflection questions.
Read Class 6 Vocational Education Chapter 1 Online
More Chapters
- Next: Chapter 2: Project 2: Biodiversity Register (Part 1: Work with Life Forms)
- Hindi medium: Class 6 Vocational Education Project 1 PDF in Hindi (Kaushal Bodh)
- All Vocational Education chapters and the other Class 6 books: Class 6 NCERT books 2026-27
- All Class 1 to 12 NCERT Textbooks: NCERT Books PDF (Class 1–12)
- Every book chapter by chapter: NCERT chapter wise PDF
FAQ
What is vermicompost and how is it prepared in Project 1?
Vermicompost is organic manure produced by earthworms feeding on biodegradable kitchen waste, crop residue and cow dung in a shaded, moist pit or bin over 40–45 days.
What are the three main parts of the Class 6 Kaushal Bodh Vocational Education book?
Part 1: Work with Life Forms (Projects 1–2), Part 2: Work with Machines and Materials (Projects 3–4), and Part 3: Work in Human Services (Projects 5–6).