Spring Gardens

This program was for children ages 3 to 6.

Books

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee, Do You Know Me? by Anne Rockwell

Songs & Fingerplays

There's Something In My Garden
Inspired by SurLaLune Storytime

In our version, we find a bee, rabbit, frog, mouse, and butterfly.  I hold up a stick puppet after we sound out the animal noise.

My Garden
Courtesy of Preschool Express 

Five Little Peas
Courtesy of CanTeach

We act out each movement to the song.

Five little peas in a pea-pod pressed,
(press hands together with closed fingers)
One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest;
(begin to peel fingers apart)
They grew...and grew...and did not stop,
(move hands away from each other)
Until one day the pod went...POP!
(clap hands on "POP")

Activity

Bubbles!

I played the song I'm a Believer from the CD Back to the Beat by the Sugar Beats.

Craft

Flower

Supplies:

• Cupcake wrappers. Green for the leaves and one for the center.
• Popsicle stick
• Contruction paper
• Scissors to cut circle. I used an Ellison stamp.
• Glue