Cooper Curriculum: Spring: Day Five

Spring Field Trip

Get outdoors and enjoy spring!!!

Have a kite day.
Go to a park, beach, or other outdoor place to allow children to experience the spring weather and plants.

Book List

**Easter
My First Story of the First Easter--Deanna Draper Buck
I Need an Easter Egg!--Harriet Ziefert
The Golden Egg Book--Margaret Wise Brown
The Golden Egg--A.J. Wood
The Easter Egg--Jan Brett
The Tale of Peter Rabbit--Beatrix Potter
The Story of the Easter Bunny--Katherine Tegen
The Bunny Who Found Easter--Charlotte Zolotow
Quiet Bunny--Lisa McCue
The Velveteen Rabbit--Margery Williams
Happy Easter, Mouse!--Laura Numeroft
Easter--Albert Whitman
Here Comes Peter Cottontail--Steve Nelson
**Spring
Are you Spring--Caroline Pitcher
A Tree is Nice
The Giving Tree--Shel Silverstein
Rain Feet--Angela Johnson
Kite Flying--Grace Lin
Kites--Bettina Ling
**St. Patrick's Day
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day--Natasha Wing
The Crayola Rainbow Book
All the Colors of the Rainbow--Allen Flower
St. Patrick's Day Countdown--Salina Yoon
That's What Leprechauns Do--Eve Bunting
Clever Tom and the Leprechaun--Linda Shute
Countdown to St. Patrick's Day--Annemarie Harris
St. Patrick's Day--Carmen Bredeson
Green Eggs & Ham--Dr. Seuss
St. Patrick's Day Alphabet--Beverly Vidrine
**TRAINS:
Usborn Lift and Look TRAINS--Keith Newell
Two Little Trains--Margaret Wise Brown
Engine, Engine Number Nine--Stephanie Calmenson
Down by the Station--Will Hillebrand
All Aboard!--Susan Kuklin
Red Train--Will Grace
The Train Ride--Linda Crebbin
Trains Board Book--Byron Barton
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo--Kevin Lewis
Freight Train--Donald Crews
I Love Trains!!--Philemon Sturges
The Little Engine that Could--Watty Piper
**VALENTINE'S DAY:
Max's Valentine--Felicia Bond
My Little Valentine--Carol Roth, Jennifer Beth Harris
Valentine Mice!--Bethany Roberts
Love Bugs--David A. Carter
Guess How Much I Love You--Sam McBratney
Clifford's First Valentine's Day--Norman Bridwell.
The Day it Rained Hearts--Felicia Bond
**TEETH:
Franklin and the Tooth Fairy
Grandpa's Teeth--Rod Clement
Tooth Fairy--Audrey Wood
The Loose Tooth--Gina and Mercer Mayer
Little Bill: A Visit to the Dentist--Eleanor Fremont
The Tooth Book--Dr. Seuss
**SNOWMEN:
The Snowman's Song--Jean Hirashima
Winter Friends--Carl R. Sams & Jean Stoick
The Snow Family--Daniel Kirk
The Snowman Storybook--Raymond Briggs
Snow--Boy McKie & P.D. Eastman
Flip's Snowman--Peter Horacek
Dream Snow--Eric Carle
**WINTER:
Everything for Winter--Kathy Charner
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow--Lucille Colandro, Jared Lee
Frozen Noses--Jan Carr, Dorothy Donahue
The Mitten Tree--Candace Christiansen, Elaine Greenstein
Under My Hood I Have a Hat--Karla Kuskin, Fumi Kosaka
First Snow--Emily Arnold McCully
Hello, Snow--Hope Vestergarrd, Nadine Bernard Westcott
Winter is for Snowflakes--Michelle Knudsen, Denise Fraifeld
**CHRISTMAS:
The Tale of Three Trees-Angela Elwell Hunt
God Gave Us Christmas--Lisa Bergren
I Believe in Santa Claus--Diane Adamson
**THANKSGIVING:
The Perfect Thanksgiving--Eileen Spinelli
The Story of the Pilgrims--H.L.Ross
My First Thanksgiving--Tomie dePaola
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks--Margaret Sutherland
This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story--Laura Krauss Melmed
If You Were at the First Thanksgiving--Anne Kamma
The First Thanksgiving Day--Rhonda Gowler Greene
"Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving--Dav Pilkey*
**THANKFUL FOR FAMILY
Where Wild Babies Sleep--Ann Purmell
I Love My Dady Because---Laurel Porter-Gaylord
Before You Were Born--Nancy White Carlstrom
Hello Baby!--Lizzy Rockwell
The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas and Grandpas--Sallly Lloyd-Jones
Lots of Grandparents--Shelley Rotner & Sheila Kelly
My Family Plays Music--Judy Cox
Families in Many Cultures--Heather Adamson
Families--Susan Kuklin
**HALLOWEEN:
One Witch--Laura Leuck*
Skeleton Bones & Goblin Groans--Amy E. Sklanksky
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow--Patricia Polacco
Candy Corn--James Stevenson
Halloween is...--Gail Gibbons
Who Said Boo?--Nancy White Carlstrom
Halloween--Harry Behn*
Little Monsters--Jan Pienkowski*
**PUMPKINS:
Five Little Pumpkins--Dan Yaccarino*
Pumpkin Day!--Elizabeth Wallace
The Pumpkin Book--Gail Gibbons
**APPLES:
Ten Apples up on Top--Dr. Seuss*
Apples--Gail Gibbons
ABC's of Fruits & Vegetables--Steve Charney & David Goldbeck
Apples--Ken Robbins
**AUTUMN
How do Apples Grow?--Betsy Maestro
When Autumn Falls--Kelli Nidey
I Know It's Autumn--Eileen Spinelli
Here Comes the Year--Eileen Spinelli and Keiko Narahashi
Our Seasons--Ranida T. Mckneally and Grace Lin
Discover the Seasons--Diane Iverson
Autumn Leaves--Gail Saunders-Smith
*SENSES:
Where's Waldo--Martin Handford
Senses--Jinny May Johnson
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses--Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
The Listening Walk--Paul Showers and Aliki
Smelling Things--Allan Fowler
Stone Soup--Marcia Brown *
My Five Senses by Aliki*
Senses in the City--Shelley Rotner
The Nose Book-- Al Perkins and Joe Mathieu
The Eye Book--Theo. LeSieg and Joe Mathieu
Tickle Teddy: A Touch-and-Feel Book--David Ellwand*
Good Morning, Good Night!: A Touch & Feel Bedtime Book--Teresa
**OUTER SPACE:
Mail Harry to the Moon--Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley*
Regards to the Man in the Moon--Ezra Jack Keats
The Planets--Gail Gibbons
Galaxies, Galaxies!--Gail Gibbons
Our Solar System--Seymour Simon
Astro Bunnies-- Christine Loomis
Moo Cow Kaboom!--Thacher Hurd
*FARM:
Senses on the Farm--Shelley Rotner
Color Farm--Lois Ehlert
Farm Friends--Janine Scott
The Great Pig Escape--Eileen Christelow
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm--Joy Cowley and Elizabeth Fuller
Big Red Barn--Christianne C. Jones and Todd Ouren
**CIRCUS:
Morris and Boris at the Circus--B. Wiseman
To the Big Top--Jill Esbaum & David Gordon
Sidewalk Circus--Paul Fleischman
Circus 1-2-3--Megan Halsey
The Circus Alphabet--Linda Bronson
If I Ran The Circus--Dr. Seuss
Song of the Circus--Lois Duncan
**ZOO:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?--Bill Martin Jr./ Eric Carle*
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?--Bill Martin Jr. /Eric Carle*
Zoo's Who--Roger Priddy
Curious George Feeds the Animals--Margaret and H.A. Rey
**CAMPING:
Ten Flashing Fireflies--Philemon Sturges
Up North at the Cabin--Marsha Wilson Chall and Steve Johnson
Toasting Marshmallows:Camping Poems--Kristine O'Connell George and Kate Kiesler
Follow the Trail: A Young Person's Guide to the Great Outdoors--Jessica Loy
Bailey Goes Camping--Kevin Henkes
I Know God is Near--Dian Curtis Regan
**PATRIOTISM:
America: A Patriotic Primer--Lynne Cheney*
Stars and Stripes: the story of the American Flag--Sarah L. Thomson
The American Flag--Patricia Ryon Quiri
Flag Day--Kelly Bennett
Independence Day--Helen Frost
I Pledge Allegiance--Francis Bellamy*
**ALL ABOUT ME:
My Book About Me--Dr. Seuss
Verdi--Janell Cannon
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb--Al Perkins*
The Eye Book--Dr. Seuss
The Foot Book--Dr. Seuss
The Nose Book--Al Perkins
Stick Out Your Tongue--Joan Bonsignore
My Bones--Carol Lindeen
More Parts--Tedd Arnold
Your Skin Holds You In--Becky Baines
The Best Part of Me--Wendy Ewald
**FATHERS:
Daddy Hug--Time Warnes*
What Dads Can't Do--Douglas Wood
A Father's Day Thank You--Janet Nolan
Building with Dad--Carol Nevius
Me and My Dad--Alison Ritchie
My Daddy is a Giant--Carl Norac
**OCEAN:
Hooray for Fish--Lucy Cousins*
Out of the Ocean--Debra Frasier
Over in the Ocean In a Coral Reef--Marianne Berkes
On the Way to the Beach--Henry Cole
**SUMMER:
Curious George Goes to a Movie--H.A. Rey
George and Martha Rise and Shine--James Marshall
Beach Day--Mercer Mayer
Growing Colors--Bruce McMillan
Berenstain Bears Go on Vacation--Jan Berenstain, Michael Berenstain, Mike Berenstain
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