Songs
1.
Raindrops
Rain
is falling down
Rain
is falling down (raise arms, flutter fingers to the ground)
Pitter-patter
Pitter-patter
Rain
is falling down.
2.
Spring Is Here (Sung To: Are You Sleeping)
I
see robins,
I
see bird's nests,
Butterflies
too,
flowers
too.
Everything
is growing,
The
wind is gently blowing.
Spring
is here, spring is here.
3.
Fun in the Rain (Tune: Deck the Halls)
Do
you hear the pitter patter? Hear the little raindrops falling down.
Can
you see the splashing water? All the little raindrops on the ground.
Time
to get our big umbrellas; we don't want to get our hair all wet.
If
you wear your boots and raincoat, we will go outside and splash a bit!
Activities
1.
Watch out for
Puddles
Make
pretend puddles on the floor and have your children jump over the puddles
without getting "wet”.
2.
Spring
Explain
the season of spring to the children. Introduce spring words to them such as
rain, birds, umbrella, clouds, rainbows and worms. Explain the different
weather that may happen in the spring cloudy, rainy, windy or stormy.
3.
Pinecone Bird Feeders
Collect
pinecones with your children. Mix lard and bird seed together and put onto pine
cones. Attach a string to top of pinecone and hang from trees. Explain to the
children that you are making food for the birds.
4.
Wet or Dry
Gather
some objects that are wet and dry. Have the children feel each object. Ask your
child if the objects are wet or dry?
5.
Measuring
rainfall
On
a rainy day, set out a container to measure the rainfall. Measure how much rain
fell that day.
Crafts
1.
Paper Plate Daisy
Give
your children paper plates. Have them cut out pedals from the yellow paper and
then attach them around the paper plate. Add a stem and leaves with green
construction paper.
2.
Cloudy Bulletin
Board
Cut
out raindrops from paper. Next have them sponge paint these with blue paint
while you cut out a large cloud shape from white butcher paper.
3.
Clouds
Cut
two cloud shapes out of white fingerpaint paper. Glue around edges except for a
small opening. Children stuff with toilet paper. Dry and hang. Puffy white
clouds.
4.
Umbrella
Children
glue an umbrella cutout onto a large sheet of paper. Next, let them glue
raindrops onto the paper underneath the umbrella. Sprinkle with glitter so it
looks like the raindrops are shiny.
5.
Rainbows
red
circle 9 "
orange
circle 8"
yellow
circle 7"
green
circle 6"
blue
circle 5"
purple
circle 4"
Glue
the orange onto the red. The yellow onto the orange. the green onto yellow,
etc. Let dry, cut in half, glue back to back and hang. It is great because the
children do not glue them directly in the center, so every rainbow has it's own
personality.
Stories
1.
Animals in the Snow by Margaret Wise Brown
When
snow falls, the animals stay home; when it stops, they come out to play; and
when it melts, it is spring!
2.
Rabbit’s Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
Rabbit
leaves her warm dark burrow and discovers that spring has come.
3.
It's Spring! by Linda Glaser
A
child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals.
Includes suggestions for nature study projects.
4.
Cold
Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters
Early
one spring a little duck arrives at her pond and finds it still frozen, but not
for long.
5.
Splish,
Splash, Spring by Jan Carr
Illustrations and rhyming text describe some of the delights of
spring.
