Everything for Spring: A Complete Activity Book for Teachers of Young Children : Activities for March, April, and MayKathy Charner Flowers, birds, and rain teach math, science, dramatic play, and language skills in this total curriculum resource, arranged by month. Each chapter follows a thematic thread. Spring activities include musical beanbags, jumping on air, building a car, making kites, hats, gelatin rainbows, cards, greenhouses, and even mud painting. |
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Bonnets | 48 |
Margery | 104 |
Language Activities | 117 |
Math Activities | 125 |
Five Little Ducks | 169 |
Learning Centers | 205 |
Jump Ropes | 221 |
Hives and Honeycombs | 227 |
No Cooking Picnic | 233 |
Peter Rabbits Salad | 255 |
Common terms and phrases
500 FIVE MINUTE activities APRIL activities MARCH animals Ants Go Marching APRIL Materials art activities Ask the children bird butterfly cardboard cards carton caterpillar Children learn circle time activities colors COMPLETE LEARNING CENTER construction paper crayons Cynthia Rylant decorate draw Encourage the children ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIRCLE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THEME Ezra Jack Keats fingerplay fingers FIVE MINUTE GAMES flowers food coloring garden GIANT ENCYCLOPEDIA glue grass INSTANT CURRICULUM John Archambault language activities LEARNING CENTER BOOK Let the children little ducks Lois and Bram markers math activities movement activities MUDPIES TO MAGNETS muffins music & movement Norman Bridwell nursery rhyme paint pets piece Place plant plastic play activities playdough poster board POTATO PRESCHOOL ART pretend Price Stern Sloan puddles quack rain ribbon scissors seeds shape sing skills song Spider spring story streamers Teaching tips Tell the children THUMBKIN tree Want wind Words yarn