It was a warm day out today and we were playing outside when my son asked me what flowers we will have in our garden this year. We decided to plant a sunflower this year and although it's still too soon to dig in , we were able to make this one in the meantime.
Grab what you need: 3 sheets of construction paper ( blue, black, and green), glue, scissors, a hole punch, a cupcake liner and yellow markers.
Start by coloring your cupcake liner liner yellow. We used two shades of markers but paint, crayons or colored pencils will work as well.
Cut out a long stem and some leaves.
Glue the stem amd leaves on the blue paper.
Glue the cupcake liner on.
Punch out many black holes. My son loves doing this and the hole puncher is great for developing muscle strength in his hands and wrist, which in turn will help him write. It's also great hand eye co-ordination.
Add glue to the flower.
Add your dots
Let dry.
Book
One Litter Seed by Elaine Greenstein is a great book for many ages. It has simple text that is great for read aloud as well as for emergent readers to attempt without help. It explains the process of planting a seed, roots emerging, plant growing and eventually producing seeds itself. I encourage families to read this and grab some seeds to plant! The illustrations are really very beautiful and make this simple little book great for any springtime reading list.
By Allison McDonald
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