Spring Gardens – Get Growing!
In spite of the fact that Winter keeps shoving her snowy foot in the door around here, it is actually spring- even if only according to the calendar. If I had to pick just one theme to study with...
View ArticleOut and About – Field Trip Ideas for a Garden Theme
If you’re exploring seeds, plants, and flowers with your preschoolers this spring, it’s always great to get out and discover some applications within that theme on a field trip! Field trips don’t have...
View ArticleBook Activity: Planting a Rainbow
Planting a Rainbow is one of my many favorites by Lois Ehlert. Her illustrations are striking and her text is simplistic yet descriptive. Planting a Rainbow follows the story of a mother and child as...
View ArticleSeed Finger-Paint
When exploring seeds, plants, and gardens, it’s great to mix in some seeds with this classic finger-paint recipe. Here, I used culinary seeds, since I had them on hand. I used fennel seed in the...
View ArticleThe Empty Pot Seed Experiment
I just wanted to share some photos from the experiment we did after reading The Empty Pot (details on the experiment here). I used pea seeds since they’re nice and large…..and because I already had...
View ArticlePreschoolers Planting
Here’s a quick sensory table idea for your unit on plants, seeds, flowers, or gardens. Fill your sensory bin with soil – either right out of the bag, or right out of the ground. Add some pansy pony...
View ArticlePreschool Math Flower Power
Here’s a quick one I’m quite sure you can take and improve on! For your flower theme, create an interactive bulletin board or flannel board activity by creating flower centers with the written...
View ArticleSerendipitous Seed Science
I’m sharing a few old favorites while I’m away this week. This one was originally posted way back in June of 2009. It’s only June, and my preschool age son is already antsy for school. He asked me...
View ArticleStart Planting!
I had my favorite gardening help recently….all my boys! We got two dozen seed cups started to transplant to our garden in a few weeks. I love doing this activity with them, not just for the extra...
View ArticleVisiting the Greenhouse: A Field Trip, a Scavenger Hunt, and a Book
While studying seeds, plants and flowers, I love to take a field trip to a beautiful garden. Unfortunately, my plans to do so recently were vetoed by weather reports for a thunder storm. So instead,...
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