Everyone is anxious to get outside again in the warmer weather. There is so much for the children to explore and discover in the spring, like those first crocuses that are popping up or the robins building their nests.
Art Activities
Books
Songs/Fingerplays
Center/Misc Ideas
Umbrella
Use a Q-tip to paint raindrops on and around an umbrealla.
or
Add some blue paint to some glue in an almost empty glue bottle. Then after the children have decorated their umbrellas, let them use the blue glue to put raindrops on them.
Spring
Splish, Splash Spring
WATER
Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Water's what we bathe in,
Water's what we drink,
Water keeps the plants alive,
Without it, fish would sink.
Water comes from rivers,
Water comes from rain.
And every drop that's wasted,
Is water down the drain!
Water Table
Let the children pour and play in the water table with recycleable drink containers.
Muffin Flowers
Use different pastel paper muffin cups glued to the inside of flower petals to make daffodils and other flowers.
Pooh's Favorite Things About Spring
SPRING IS HERE
Tune: Are You Sleeping
I see robins, I see bird's nests,
Butterflies too, flowers too.
Everything is growing,
The wind is gently blowing.
Spring is here, spring is here.
Plant flowers or seeds
Discuss how the rain makes the grass grow and how we need rain and sunshine for all the plants to grow as you plant flowers or seeds in a clear small cup.
Lilacs
Use dish sponge, the kind that looks like fingers sticking out all directions to paint purple and white lilacs.
First Day Of Spring
Hurray For Spring
SPRING FLOWERS
Tune: A Hunting We Will Go
A purple lilac here.
A yellow tulip there.
A crocus and a daffodil,
Spring flowers everywhere.
Bring In Lilacs
Bring in lilacs to smell and discuss what plants and flowers need to grow.
Footprint Robin
Use your brown painted footprint to make a robin. Paint around the arch of the foot red and add a beak and feet to finish it. You can also use a gummy worm as the worm.
It's Spring!
ROBIN IN THE RAIN
Tune: A Raffi Song
Robin in the rain,
You don't mind the weather,
Showers always make you gay.
Bet the worms are wishing you would stay at home,
Robin on a rainy day -- don't get your feet wet,
Robin on a rainy day!
Feed the Birds
Fill and put up a bird feeder close to a window so that the children can see the birds coming to eat from it. You can also put up a bird identifier near it so that the children can learn what types of birds are eating from it.
Kites
Decorate kites that have had the corners folded to the back and stapled at the slight overlap. Then add strips of streamer paper scrunched in the middle where the string/yarn tail is tied to them.
Spring
Hopper Hunts For Spring
MY KITE
Watch my kite.
It flies so high.
Swooping and sailing in the sky.
Observe Signs Of Spring
Take a walk outside and make a list of all the signs of spring.
Cloud Flip Cards
Have pictures of clear sunny day and all the different cloud formations and raining and snowing and put the laminated pictures on a ring so that the children can match up the sky they see outside with the cards.