Spring
by Amanda Kane
1. What clothes should you wear for the spring weather?
1.1. rain boot's
1.2. Rain jacket
1.3. Umbrella
1.4. Short sleeve shirt
1.5. Hat
2. Activities in spring
2.1. Have a picnic
2.2. Play at the park
2.3. Go on a nature walk
2.4. Kayaking
2.5. Plant a garden
3. Holidays
3.1. Easter
3.2. St.Patrick's day
3.3. Mother's day
4. Classroom activities around Spring theme
4.1. Have a butterfly observation.Care for caterpillars until they are butterflies.
4.2. Track the weather, how many rainy days in a week.
4.3. Short clothes by season. why do we wear different clothes in different seasons?
4.4. Have a class picnic for lunch or snack.
4.4.1. Go on a class nature walk and find new plant life due to the change of season.
4.4.1.1. Have students vote which spring activity was their favorite and why.
4.5. Plant seeds and care for them as they grow.
4.6. Investigate different bugs/incest's
4.6.1. where do bugs/insects live?
4.6.2. body parts of a bug/insect
4.6.3. What do bugs/insects eat?
4.6.4. go on a bug/insects hunt, and have children used binoculars to look for them.
4.7. make mother's day gifts
4.8. read books such as, "the very hungry caterpillar", "when spring comes" or "let it rain"
5. Science activities
5.1. Planting a seed
5.2. nature collection
5.3. caterpillar/butterfly home
5.4. track weather
5.5. how water moves through plants
6. Sensory table
6.1. Digging with dirt, seeds, watering cans and mini shovels
6.2. Water with floating letter ducks
6.3. A garden with vegetable seeds, and fake vegetables to be planted with fake rakes and gardening outfits
6.4. A pond with Lilly pads, frogs, butterflies etc
7. Block area
7.1. A hardware store
7.1.1. Building flower crates
7.1.1.1. Visuals of different sizes
7.2. add visuals and some props but block area should remain open enough for children to build creatively
8. what type of weather is there in spring?
8.1. Rain
8.2. Sunshine
8.3. Rainbows
8.4. Fog
8.5. Warm
9. Insects/bugs
9.1. ladybugs
9.2. Bumble bee's
9.3. Spiders
9.4. caterpillars
9.5. Butterflies
9.6. Life cycle of a caterpillar
9.6.1. the very hungry caterpillar story time
10. Plant life
10.1. Flowers
10.2. Soil
10.3. Seed
10.4. Water
10.5. Sunshine
10.6. Roots
11. Math activities
11.1. Sorting seeds
11.2. Weighing seeds
11.3. matching part of a plant
11.4. counting insect legs vs.non insects
11.5. Dirt & worms "cooking"
11.6. roll dice and put that number of seeds onto their flower picture
12. Literacy activities
12.1. letter hunt in dirt
12.2. building name with flower petals
12.3. mud writing
12.4. the very hungry catapillar
12.4.1. story re-tell with felt pieces
12.5. matching upper and lowercase,flower to pot
12.6. General spring themed books in library
12.6.1. library area should include a large amount of themed books, even if not directly related to three main concepts
13. Kitchen/dramatic play
13.1. Gardening clothes
13.1.1. gloves
13.1.1.1. hats
13.1.1.1.1. knee pads
13.2. a vegetable stand
13.2.1. cash register with fake money