Five Little Flowers

Five Little Flowers

Five little flowers standing in the sun
(hold up five fingers)
See their heads nodding, bowing one by one
(bend fingers one at a time)
Down, down, down
Comes the gentle rain
(raise hands, wiggle fingers, and lower arms)
And the five little flowers
Raise their heads again
(hold up five fingers)

Spring Pastels

Give each child a piece of pastel-colored chalk(light green, pink, yellow, light blue). Be sure that two children are using the same color of chalk. Have the children create a picture on drawing paper. When finished, let each child take a turn finding the other picture that was done in the same.

Muffin Cup Flowers

An easy flower to make is to use paper muffin cups. The children flatten the paper muffin cup and glue it on blue construction paper. That is the flower. Then the children add green paper stem and leaves (can use pipe cleaners).

FLOWERS GROWING SONG Tune: "The Mulberry Bush" Have your children lay on the floor and curl up into balls. Have them pretend they are tiny seeds buried in the ground. This is the way we sprout our roots, Sprout our roots, sprout our roots. This is the way we sprout our roots, When spring time is here. This is the way we pop through the dirt, Pop through the dirt, pop through the dirt. This is the way we pop through the dirt When spring time is here. Jean Warren Additional verses: This is the way we stretch and grow. This is the way we shoot up so tall. This is the way we open our buds. This is the way we bend in the breeze. This is the way we smile at the sun.

FLOWER FINGERPLAY A hand is a bud                    Closed up tight                     (close hand into a fist) Without a tiny Speck of light. Then slowly the petals Open for me                          (slowly open hand, one finger at a time) And here is a beautiful Flower I see!                         Traditional

Flowers: Day One

F is for Flowers

Read a book about flowers, gardens, or springtime.

This week we're learning about flowers.  Flowers start to grow in the spring.  There are many kinds of flowers, of all different colors.  They help to make our world a beautiful place.


Flower Song:

FLOWERS EVERYWHERE
Tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Flowers, flowers everywhere,
In the garden, in my hair.
In the vase, at the store,
On the table, on the door.
What a lovely time of year,
Flowers blooming, bringing cheer.
Show pictures of different kinds of flowers and help children to name some of the most common kinds.

Art/Activities:

F is for Flower coloring page

Cut out pictures of flowers out of magazines and make a "flower garden" collage.

Spring Collage

We discussed some of the signs of spring--warmer weather, blossoms/buds, flowers starting to grow. 

Spelled out S-P-R-I-N-G.

Cut flowers out of magazines. 

Glued them onto the letters of spring to make a flowery collage.