We are already past the spring equinox, but besides spring officially arriving, the weather is finally starting to show its brighter side. If you don’t have enough time for a walk outside right now, we’ve brought you some ideas to spend your time usefully. This is also a great opportunity to practice the seasons and months.
In this post, we’ll mention a free downloadable, thematic, 23-page spring focus-building worksheet. Don’t miss out on it! 😉
Home Weather Forecast
Talk about the weather! Besides teaching the little ones how to make “small talk,” this task serves a much nobler purpose: developing their vocabulary. Show your child spring pictures (even ones you took together) and talk about the things in the picture!
- What is the weather like in the picture? What is the weather like in spring? Cold/warm, sunny/cloudy, raining/snowing, or is it dry?
- What else is in the picture? Sun, tree, leaf, flower, grass, river, sky, cloud? Point to it!
- How many of each are in the picture? How many flowers do you see? How many branches does the tree have? How many leaves are on the tree?
It can be a very simple picture too:
Nature is Calling
Nature comes alive in spring, so there’s no better time for your child to learn about flowers, trees, and animals.
Let it Bloom!
Look for real flowers at home, in the garden, or in a nearby park, and talk about them: what color are they, what do they smell like, are they tiny/large, round/elongated, etc. Do you like them? If yes, why? If not, why not? Look for pictures or drawings of flowers on the internet or in storybooks. Which flowers bloom in spring? You can compare the pictures with the ones you saw in the garden.
Counting with Flowers
If spring buds and flowers have caught your little one’s interest, you should definitely take advantage of this for a playful logic exercise. Sorting and categorizing can be done perfectly with flower-themed tasks.
- Sort the flowers by size and color!
- Color the small flowers red and the big ones blue!
- How many yellow and how many blue flowers do you see? Which is more? Which is less? Tip: You don’t necessarily need real flowers for this. Print out our FREE Spring Focus-Building Worksheet available on Patreon, which includes multiple grouping, sorting, and rule-following exercises! (23 pages)
Animal Antics
Practice animal names with pleasantly annoying children’s songs and nursery rhymes!
Landscape
Ask your child to draw and cut out as many spring-related things as possible. A tree, flowers, animals, a sun, clouds, bushes, etc. Once the elements are ready, glue them next to each other to create a landscape! Discuss why they think these things are typically spring-like!
Spring Fashion
Sort through clothes based on different criteria to practice their properties (e.g., colors, length, pattern)! Combine business with pleasure (or rather, useful with useful)!
- Separate winter clothes from the ones you can wear in spring, and pack them away together!
- Gather the laundry and start a wash together!
- Pair up socks after washing!
- Discuss what kind of clothes we wear in which season! You can use pictures for this, or take out summer, autumn, and winter clothes for illustration.
Spring Songs and Nursery Rhymes
“Rain, Rain, Go Away…”, “You Are My Sunshine…”, “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary…”, etc. YouTube can help a lot with this.
Arts and Crafts
Craft the most important discovered and learned elements related to the season. For example, a sun made of yellow cardboard and fringes, or crepe paper. A toilet paper roll can be the trunk of a tree, and the foliage can be cardboard cut into shape. Draw the stems of the flowers in advance, and use paint-dipped handprints for the flowers!
Or you can magically create flowers on the stems using paint-covered forks.
Playdough! Make a sun, a tree, flowers, and as many animals as possible.
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