Students can also just make clouds! Just paint the clouds in the sky with the puffy paint. Then paint rain, lightning, a rainbow, or a tornado using paint sticks. Students use puffy paint to paint the clouds. Weather Art! Mix together shaving cream and white glue to make puffy paint. No matter where you live, the weather is an intriguing topic for little learners. One day it’s 80 degrees the next day is cold, stormy, and the tornado sirens are going off. Here in Missouri, we have CRAZY spring weather. Spring is the best time of year to talk about the weather because students can experience so many different types of weather in a matter of a few days. One student is using one die and is just counting, while the other student is using two dice and adding. Spring Color By Number (Count or Add)! Color by number is another game my students love. Plus, when students erase they are strengthening their finger muscles. I Spy Color Shapes! I Spy Games never get old with my students! It’s also fabulous for noticing shapes in the real world. You will hear students using tons of math vocabulary as they talk about the worms, compare them, sort them, and measure with them too! This little learner discovered that two medium worms weigh the same as a “huge” worm. Weighing Worms or Bugs! These worms manipulatives are perfect for measuring length and weight. This pattern game is in my Spring Centers pack. Students can extend the bug pattern using the picture cards then make their own pattern with these worm manipulatives. Bug Patterns! Making patterns with bugs and worms is a must for any spring theme. Younger students can also play this game with one die to develop one-to-one correspondence. Students roll the dice, add the dots, count out the total number of seeds, and “plant” the seeds in their pot. Planting Seeds Counting and Addition Game! Collect a few seeds, pot mats, and a few dice and you have a fun math game. Then grab a few spring non-fiction books, and post Spring STEM I Can Build challenge cards on the wall to spark their imaginations. Spring Blocks Center! Take the spring theme to the blocks center! Just add some spring props like fake leaves, fake flowers, smooth rocks, insects, and tree rings (all from the Dollar Tree). Then they add decorations using the buttons, pom poms, and green gems. Students make flowers by rolling the play dough and using flower cookie cutters. Spring Flower Play Dough Tray! The flower play dough tray is fabulous for exercising their fine motor muscles. All you need is brown play dough, fake flowers pulled apart, seeds (pebbles), pots, and a few plant info sticks. Lifecycle of a Plant Play Dough Tray! Students will LOVE sculpting the life cycle of a plant using play dough and props. There is a FREE journal cover in the freebie too! During small group, students can measure the seeds with rainbow rulers, notice any changes, and draw pictures of the plants in their Seed to Plant Journal. Your students will come in each morning excited to look at the plants. Plant Real Seeds! To make a memorable lesson, plant seeds during a spring theme so students see the life cycle of a plant in action! Use milk cartons, clear plastic cups (so you can see the roots), or plastic baggies taped to the windows. Also, students can measure, sort, and examine the various parts of a plant using a scale, counting cubes, and magnifying glasses! In this science unit, you can lead your students into deeper knowledge of the parts of a plant and the life cycle of a plant. Plants Science Center! If you want to dig deeper, grab my new All About Plants and Seeds Science unit HERE. > Grab the Spring Math and Literacy Centers Unit HERE! >Grab the FREEBIE by entering your email in the box at the bottom of this blog post!<< I also created a few fabulous Plant Anchor Chart Freebies for you too! Let’s dig into my favorite (and the students’ favorite) spring-themed activities and centers. The weather is getting warmer, and everything is starting to turn green spring is almost here! It’s time to bring some bright colors back into the classroom and get students excited about this new season.
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