Wednesday

Materials:

Green paper straws

Colored paper with tulip outlines

Green paper with leaf outlines

Scissors

Hole puncher

Glue Stick

Instructions:

1. Ask your child to cut out the tulip and leaf outlines and accordion fold each tulip four times as shown.

2. Ask your child to hole punch through the folded tulips.

3. Invite your child to insert the paper straws through the holes in the tulips and stretch the flowers to open them up.

4. Using the glue stick, ask your child to attach two of the cut out leaves to each straw.

Just write a few simple sentences and leave space for the illustration. If you’re looking to challenge the strong reader then make the sentences a little longer and use some sight words!

You will need three sets of beans, small scoops or spoons, an ice cube tray or cupcake tin.

Fill each bowl with your choice of beans. Here we have split peas, black beans, and Great Northern.

Set the bowls on the tray with the ice cube tray or cupcake tin.

Let your child scoop and sort to their heart’s content. This activity can be done independently and the tray will catch any errant beans!

It’s time to start thinking about your summer garden!

For this activity you may use several recycled seed packet covers and use them to make beautiful identification cards.

This is a simple activity of matching seeds to the vegetable or recycled seed packet. You may even like to use play vegetables such as these Melissa and Doug wooden vegetables.

Matching not only teaches children what two things go together but also prepares them for future reading and math activities. This also helps a child prepare for planning and planting a garden.

You will need a small, clear cup, a paper towel or cotton balls, and two or three bean seeds. Place the paper towel or cotton balls into the cup so it is snug and will hold your bean seed in place. Put two or three seeds in the cup and water. Watch as the days go on the seed coat splits and the bean plant moves toward the light. Transplant to soil and wait for warm weather to plant in your garden. An extension of this activity could be to draw and label the seed parts. The seed coat, seed food, and root.

Join Ben Kelts for something he calls: "Primary Garbage Can Basketball"! Sounds very fun!