Spring

Questions:

How can you tell when it’s spring outside?

Read Alouds:

Spring Things by Bob Raczka

My Garden by Kevin Henkes

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Flannel Board:

The Great Big Enormous Turnip by Alexei Tolstoy

Songs:

“Seasons” by Hap Palmer

Action Songs:

“The Garden Song” by Charlotte Diamond

“In Our Garden” by Peter & Ellen Allard

“In My Garden” by Raffi

“Won’t You Plant Your Seeds with Care” by Kathy Reid-Naiman

Fingerplays:

During the Spring

During the spring, it often showers

[flutter fingers down]

Or the sun shines for many hours…

[hold arms in a circle overhead]

Both are good for the flowers!

[open up fists]

My Garden

This is my garden.

I rake it with care

[pretend to rake]

And then I plant flower seeds in there.

[pretend to plant]

The sun will shine

[hold arms in a circle overhead]

And the rain will fall.

[flutter fingers down]

Then my garden will blossom

[open up fists]

And grow straight and tall.

[stand up]

Watch it Bloom

Here is a green leaf

[hold out one hand]

And here is a green leaf.

[hold out other hand]

That, you see, makes two.

                [hold up two fingers]

Here is a bud

[make a fist]

That makes a flower…

Watch it bloom for you!

[slowly open fist]

Craft:

Sunflower w/ Seeds