Spring Sensory Writing

Take students outside (or show spring images) and have them write using the five senses.

Prompts:

• What do you see in spring? What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel? What might you taste?

Students turn their ideas into a short descriptive paragraph.

Spring Poetry Illustration

Students read a short spring poem and then:

• Illustrate the poem

• Circle descriptive words

• Write one new line to add to the poem.

• Spring  is the perfect time  to read a book outside or at the park, and most libraries have Spring Reading challenges in their Beanstack apps! Here are some recommended reading lists for you to investigate:
  • Younger students: Spring Books for Children
  • Middle grades: Spring Novels for Middle School Students   
  • Upper grades: Young Adult Spring Fling 

• IEW Writing Contest (All Ages K-12) Open to student writers ages 8–18, Prompts announced March 2, 2026; submission deadline is April 30, 2026.

• Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing contest (All Ages) Ultra‑short fiction contest (100 words). Spring deadline: April 30, 2026.

• Young Writers Contest (K-12) Deadline: February 28, 2026 (wins announced March 22–28, 2026).  Accepts short stories, personal narratives, and poems with cash prizes by grade level.

• Write the World Series Writing Contest (Ages 13–19) Monthly themed competitions; relevant spring session: Poetry & Spoken Word Competition (Apr 6–Apr 27, 2026).Open to teen writers worldwide; nominal prizes for winners. 

There are so many fun ways to practice math skills this Spring ! Which will you do?

Gardening Fractions

• Use seeds or flowers to practice fractions. Compare fractions of different flowers in a garden This is great for visual learners: You can also have students color a garden grid to represent fractions.

Nature Math Hunt

• Students go outside and collect natural objects (flowers, sticks, rocks).Use objects to practice many different math skills: Counting & skip counting, Sorting & classifying, Making graphs (bar graph of how many of each object) & Estimating totals and averages. 

Math Art & Patterns

• Make flower mosaics, butterfly symmetry patterns, or leaf tessellations. Explore: Counting shapes, Fractions of colored vs uncolored parts, Symmetry and reflection

Spring Geometry

• Measure and draw flowers, leaves, or garden plots using rulers and protractors.

• Create patterns with petals, leaves, or garden rows to explore symmetry and geometry.

• Practice skills with area and perimeter by having students plan a mini-garden  layout design. 

Math Competitions

• Noetic Learning Math Contest (Grades 2-8) Spring 2026 Contest Window: April 2nd-16th

• Purple Comet Math Competition Free international online team math competition (middle & high school). Teams of 1–6 students solve a set of problems. The 2026 contest takes place Tuesday, 14 April 2026 through Thursday, 23 April 2026. Team registration has begun and will continue through the end of the contest.

• MathCounts Competition Series:  Students in grades 6-8 can participate in this fun competition. May 9 -12.  Chapter Competitions will be held.  State competitions are held in March. Students  may register at: MathCounts Competition Series Registration