FLOWER POWER
Children match lowercase popsicle stick flowers to uppercase flowerpots (styrofoam cups).
BOOKS:
Fran’s Flower by Lisa Bruce
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Sunflower by Miela Ford
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
One Little Seed by Elaine Greenstein
Round the Garden by Omri Glaser
The
How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Rose in my Garden by Arnold Lobel
I'm a Seed by Jean Marzollo
Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew
Seeds Grow! by Angela Shelf Medearis
Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me?
by Anne Rockwell
This is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer
The Garden in Our Yard by Greg Henry Quinn
Over in the Garden by Jennifer Ward
POEMS AND SONGS:
"Flowers Will Grow"
*Substitute "red" with other color cards.
“Five Spring Flowers”
Five spring flowers grew in a row.
The first one said, “We need rain to grow!”
The second one said, “Oh, my! We need water!”
The third one said, “Yes, it’s getting hotter!”
The fourth one said, “I see clouds in the sky.”
The fifth one said, “I wonder why.”
Then BOOM went the thunder
And ZAP went the lightening!
That springtime storm was really frightening!
But the flowers weren’t worried-
No, no, no!
The rain helped them
To grow, grow, GROW!
"Tulips"
by V.W Lachicotte
In the garden
Tulips grow
Straight and golden
In a row.
Each one holds its empty cup
Drinking rain and sunshine up.
"Cherry Blossoms"
by Elizabeth McKinnon
Little cherry blossoms,
Closed up, oh, so tight.
See them bursting into bloom,
Colored pink and white.
Along comes the spring breeze,
Blowing all around,
And down fall the petals,
Twirling to the ground.
"Yellow Daffodils"
by Jean Warren
Out in the garden
Early in the morning,
See the little daffodils
All in a row.
See them lift their heads
And give their horns a blow.
Toot, toot, toot, toot!
Fast and slow!
"Little Brown Seeds"
Little brown seeds so small and round,
Are sleeping quietly underground.
Down comes the raindrops,
Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.
Out comes the rainbow,
Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle.
Little brown seeds way down below,
Up through the earth they grow, grow, grow.
Little green leaves come out one by one.
They hold up their heads and look at the sun.
"Seed Life"
by Helen H. Moore
A seed is planted;
First a sprout,
Then a stem,
and leaf,
and buds come out.
Buds grow bigger,
smelling sweet,
Bees and birds come round to eat.
Bees and birds help flowers spread
Their new seeds on the garden bed...
A seed is planted.
"Digging in the Garden"
by Georgia Adams
Digging in the garden,
Churning up the worms.
Clumps and clumps
Of sticky lumps,
Rake them smooth in turn.
Now the soil is ready
To sow some tiny seeds.
Row by row
Of flowers grow
And in between...just weeds!
"Planting Time"
by Vicki Claybrook
Dig, dig, in the ground,
(Make digging movements.)
Then plants seeds in a row.
(Pretend to plant seeds.)
A gentle rain
(Flutter fingers down like rain.)
And bright sunshine
(Form circle with arms.)
Will help your flowers grow.
(Lift arms like growing flowers.)
“Little Seed”
("I'm A Little Teapot" tune)
I'm a little seed
In the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the warm sun,
Yellow and round.
Down comes the rain,
Wet and slow.
Up comes the little seed,
Grow, grow, grow!
“Flower Garden”
("The Farmer in the Dell" tune)
The farmer plants the seeds,
The farmer plants the seeds.
Hi, ho and cherry o,
The farmer plants the seeds…
The sun begins to shine...
The rain begins to fall...
The plants begin to grow...
The flowers smile at us...
“Up Pop the Flowers!”
("Pop! Goes the Weasel" tune)
We plant some seeds in the dirt.
(Pretend to plant seeds.)
The rain falls in a shower.
(Raise arms and wiggle fingers downward.)
The sun comes out, and what do you know?
(Squat.)
Up pop the flowers!
(Jump up in the air.)
"Garden Song"
("The Mulberry Bush" tune)
This is the way we dig the soil,
Dig the soil, dig the soil.
This is the way we dig the soil,
A-working in the garden...
...plant the seeds...
...water the seeds...
...pull the weeds...
...gather the food...
"Up Pops a Flower"
(" Pops Goes the Weasel" tune)
We plant a seed in the ground.
The rain falls in a shower.
The sun comes up
And what do you know.
Up pops a flower!
"The Itsy Bitsy Seedling" Emergent Reader
http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/VeryEmergentReaders.html
WRITING:
1. Class Flower Book- "My flower is a _____."
"My flower has __ petals."
2. Journals- "My favorite flower is a _______."
MATH:
1. Graph favorite flowers.
2. Color Flower Match- Place popsicle stick flowers in corresponding "flowerpots" (styrofoam cups) according to the color word written on the pot. This activity can also be used for number identification.
3. Seed Counting- Create a flower pot workmat that displays flower pots with numerals written on each and laminate. Children place the correct amount of seeds or flower erasers (I purchased mine from Oriental Trading) on each pot according to the numeral written on it.
4. Create color patterns using die-cut flower patterns.
5. Flower Counting- Create flowers using popsicle sticks as the stems. Write numbers on styrofoam cups. Children place the correct number of flowers in each cup according to the number written on it.
6. Color Identification- Read Louis Ehlert's Planting a Rainbow. Create a rainbow book by overlapping red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple construction paper and stapling them to make a book. Children cut out a magazine picture of something the same color as each page and glue it on to that page.
7. "Rolling for Petals"- Children roll dice and place matching amount of petals around flower center.
SCIENCE:
1. Color Carnation Experiment- Purchase white carnation and place in clear cup of water colored with blue food coloring. Carnation petals will turn blue as roots drink blue water.
2. Examine flower seeds and bulbs.
3. Plant pansies in small pots or styrofoam cups. A twist on this is to grow bulbs in clear plastic bottles. The roots will be visible.
4. Label parts of a flower: petals, seed, stem, leaves, roots
5. Pollination Demonstration:
1. Prepare two paper flowers.
2.Lay flowers on floor and sprinkle “pollen” (sequins) in center of first flower.
3. Make bee puppet with holes for your fingers in it.
4. Tell students that your fingers are the bee’s legs. “Fly” bee to one flower and land on it, making sure to pick up some sequins in your fingers.
5. “Fly” bee to second flower and land on it, dropping the sequins when you touch the flower.
6. Explain that the bee spreads pollen as it flies from flower to flower.
6. Put lifecycle of a flower cards (seed, root, stem, petals and leaves) in sequential order.
7. Grow Lima Beans- Lima beans can be grown in cups of dirt or in sealed ziplocks containing a damp paper towel. The photo below shows a lima bean growing contest between Kindergarten's lima beans in ziplock bags and Preschool's lima beans in cups.
ART:
1. Paper Plate Flower- Children cut out construction paper petals. Staple around plate. Children draw eyes and mouth and glue on pom pom nose.
2. Tissue Paper Tulip- Children cut out tulip pattern and 2 construction paper leaves, then glue on paper stem. Cover tulip with pastel colored tissue paper squares.
3. Handprint Tulips- Children form tulip using handprints.
4. Tulip Tube- Paint toilet paper tube green. Cut 2 half-inch slits in top end of tube. Cut out tulip pattern and slide into slits. Add green construction paper leaves.
5. Fingerpaint hydrangeas or geraniums.
6. Muffin Cup Daffodils (yellow egg carton cups can be substituted.)
