Easter Preview

I snapped some pictures before I let the kids at these on Monday. Just incase any of you want to try them this week:)

What’s inside?

I put one tiny object in each egg. The child opens the egg and places the object on the white felt.

Once all the eggs are open they put one item back in each egg. This works their fine motor skills and one to one correspondence counting.

Ribbon Weaving

I got the rack at the dollar tree and the ribbon from my stash:) The activity works fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.

Open/Close Color Matching

Roll the die and open that color. Keep rolling till you open them all.

Once they are all opened match the colored rabbits back to their colored eggs.

Egg Patterns and Tonging

Use the tongs to transfer the eggs and if the child would like they can make a pattern.

Counting Eggs

Match the numeral on one half to the correct number of dots on the other half.

Spring Part 2- Flowers and Plants!

Circle Time

We read Clifford’s Spring Clean Up, The Lorax (LOVE!), and Mouse’s First Spring

We sang “Flower Shop”. It’s the same song as “Bakery shop” but there were “10 little flowers with petals on top!” The kids loved the variation and I made laminated flowers to go along with the song!

We also sang, Plant a Little Seed, Apples Peaches, Pears and Plums, and Farmer Brown had 5 Green Apples. If any one want to hear the sung, let me know and I will make some videos:)

Our neighbors have this lovely pecan tree that follows the seasons perfectly! It’s right outside our playroom window so I refer to it during circle quite often. You can see in this picture that it is getting tiny spring leaves!

Small Group

Parts of a Flower

I used a sharp knife to open a flower and we used a magnifying glass and flower diagram to identify all of the parts and their purpose. After that the kids all got a chance to open a flower(with their fingers, not the knife).

We painted wooden chip board flowers (pack of 10 at the dollar tree). Big hit and they turned out pretty!

On the Shelf

Button flowers! Best picture I got this week but there are more stems and more buttons in the bucket.

We used some printables from Homeschool Creations

We looked at cotton blossoms with a magnifying glass

I put out lots of floral papers from my scrap book collection, in the art area.

Counting with flower erasers

Outside

We took walks through my garden everyday to see how seeds were growing and how flowers were blooming.

We have a new trampoline from my dad and it was a huge hit all week

Flowers in the sand box is always a hit

And Running! LOL These kids love to run!

Spring! Part 1-Insects!

Circle Time

We read Monsters Among Us, Bob and Otto, and Butterflies and Moths.

We sung Ants Go Marching, The Fireflies at Night, and the Fuzzy Caterpillar.

Lot’s of free reading time during play time. I found some great books on insects at the target dollar spot.

Small Group

Monday: I put large fake insets on the table for the kids to draw pictures of.

Wednesday: We talked about the butterfly life cycle and then drew butterflies. We used foam stickers to decorate the wings.

Friday: We used our old playdoh, sticks, straws, pipe cleaners and google eyes to create insects. It was a great was to talk about the parts of an insect.

On the Shelf

3D Insect book! VERY Cool!

Real insects that I pinned and put in test tubes. These were all collected DEAD! I don’t kill the bugs. I teach my children to respect nature so I just wait until I find insects that are already dead. I put these out with a magnifying glass and insect flash cards.

Insect parts activity that I made.

Counting bugs. Use tongs to make towers. Each bug has a number written on top.

Outside

We took many walks in the garden and released lady bugs.

Saw Butterflies

And hung up our praying mantis egg cases! Can’t wait till they hatch!