GARDENING

Books:   

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown 

Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson

Over in the Garden by Jennifer Ward

Muncha, Muncha, Muncha! by Candace Fleming 

One Little Seed by Elaine Greenstein

Curious George Plants a Tree by H.A. Rey

Quiet in the Garden by Aliki 

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens 

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres  

Activities: 

This is the Way We Plant Our Seeds

(Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we plant our seeds,

Plant our seeds, plant our seeds.

This is the way we plant our seeds,

Early in the morning.

(Sprinkle seeds on ground)

This is the way the wind does blow,

Wind does blow, wind does blow.

This is the way the wind does blow,

Early in the morning.

(Blow and wave arms in front of you)

This is the way the rain comes down,

Rain comes down, rain comes down.

This is the way the rain comes down,

Early in the morning.

(Flutter fingers down)

This is the way the sun shines bright,

Sun shines bright, sun shines bright.

This is the way the sun shines bright,

Early in the morning.

(Make circle with arms above head)

This is the way the flowers grow,

Flowers grow, flowers grow.

This is the way the flowers grow,

Early in the morning.

(Stand fingers up from fists)

Our Garden

(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We'll plant our garden seeds           (Pretend to poke seeds into ground)

We'll plant our garden seeds

Heigh ho, around we go,                 (Turn in a circle)

We'll plant our garden seeds.

The rain will water our seeds              (Flutter fingers downward like rain)

The rain will water our seeds

Heigh ho, around we go,                    (Turn in a circle)

The rain will water our seeds.

Our seeds will grow so tall                (Reach up high)

Our seeds will grow so tall

Heigh ho, around we go                     (Turn in a circle)

Our seeds will grow so tall.

Rain is Falling

(Tune: Frere Jacques)

Rain is falling, Rain is falling

All around! All around!

Pitter-patter raindrops,

Pitter-patter raindrops,

On the ground! On the ground!

Big Round Sun

The big round sun in the springtime sky

(form large circle with arms)

Winked at a cloud that was passing by.

(wink eye)

The little cloud laughed as it scattered rain,

(flutter fingers downward)

Then out came the big round sun again.

(form large circle with arms)

Crafts: 

Spring Blossoms

Twist pipe cleaners around several squares of tissue paper or crepe paper to make a flower.

Plant a Seed 

Decorate styrofoam cups, fill with dirt, and plant a seed. Color a label and glue onto a craft stick. Stick the plant label into the dirt. 

Sunflower Label: Sunflower plant label.pub

Sweet Pea Label: Sweet Pea plant label.pub

Marigold Label: Marigold plant label.pub