This week’s theme is spring. Our “Growing Minds Day by Day” educational resource lists are designed for families and educators to use during COVID-19 and beyond.
Spring
Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
Celebrate the beauty of springtime with Little Blue Truck! Young fans will love finding all sorts of baby animals beneath the flaps in this delightful novelty board book. Beep! Beep! Peep!
Paperwhite
Watch as Lucy and Mamie bring a little spring into Mamie’s house during the cold winter months. Together they grow a paperwhite bulb.
It Happens in the Month of March
March is a time for change and renewal, winter turns into spring, and everything awakens from its deep slumber. In this book you will find an overview of things that historically happened in March, and things that still occur during this month.
Mama, is it Summer Yet?
In the last, chilly days of winter, a young boy longs for summer. His mother points out all of the signs of the changing season: buds swelling on trees, ducklings on the pond, seeds sprouting in the garden…. and they celebrate together when summer finally arrives by eating ripe, red, strawberries.
And then it’s Spring
A young boy and his dog are sick of winter, so they plant a garden and begin to wait. And wait, and wait. Just when it seems as though the brown will never become green, spring magically appears! This book is a quick read that benefits from paying close attention to the beautifully illustrated pages.
Garden Alphabet lesson plan
Students will make observations and build an understanding of the properties of common objects in the garden. They will share information about what is in the garden by describing the objects through illustration and descriptive writing.
Downloads
- Alphabet Wordstrips (quick view as .pdf)
- Garden Alphabet lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Lettuce Exploration lesson plan
Guide students in using scientific inquiry to observe and learn about several varieties of lettuce. Create a line plot to record the results of a class tasting and interpret the data collected on the line plot.
Downloads
- Enlarged lettuce seed packet (quick view as .pdf)
- Lettuce Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Types of greens images (quick view as .pdf)
Honey Bees lesson plan
Students learn about communication by exploring honey bees and comparing them to other insects and animals.
Downloads
- animal cards (quick view as .pdf)
- Honey Bees lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)