Smelly Flowers

These are a HUGE hit every year.



Items needed:

Colorful art paper
Scissors (for teacher only)
Glue
Cotton Balls
A nice smelling room spray (this can be tricky, try not to pick an over powering scent to avoid allergies)




I simply cut out some fun flower shapes and have the children glue as many cotton balls onto the shape as they would like. Then, I help them spray some fun smelling room spray on them. To finish, I write their names on a green stem, staple it on... and Voila! a fun, easy craft!






Parents love this one too!

Seeds

I love our unit on seeds!

One of my favorite things to do is to place a bean in a plastic bag with a wet paper towel and hang it in a sunny window. It is instant gratification. Within a day or two, the bean sprouts and begins to show roots and a stem. Within four days, we have a full fledged plant, and the children have a birds eye view of every part of a plant. (You might need to spray the paper towel once day to keep it moist). So easy and fun!





Of course, I can never pass up planting seeds the good old fashion way. Hopefully we will have flower plants to repot and send home in time for Father's Day.


And finally, a good book. A classic. LOVE it.

Popcorn Popping ....

One of my favorite preschool songs is "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree." I learned it years ago in church and still use it every spring with my toddlers.



Here are the lyrics written by Georgia Bello:

I looked out the window and what did I see?
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.
Spring has brought me such a nice surprise,
Popcorn popping right before my eyes.
I could take an armful and make a treat.
A popcorn ball that would smell so sweet.
It wasn't really so,
but it seemed to me,
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.



We follow up with a really fun craft. I simply cut out a tree trunk shape. And, then the top of the tree. We use a little glue and some popped popcorn to put it together.