Interesting facts about flowers:
- Roses are related to apples, raspberries, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, and almonds.
- The largest flower in the world is the titan arums, which grows flowers 10 feet high and 3 feet wide. It grows in the rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and Malaysia Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak.
- The juice from bluebell flowers can be used to make glue.
- Moon flowers only bloom at night, and close during the day.
We read:
Grow Flower, Grow! by Lisa Bruce
What Does Bunny See? by Maggie Smith
Bamboo & Friends: The Flower's Busy Day, by Felicia Law
Zinnia's Flower Garden, by Monica Wellington
Spring Blossoms, by Carole Gerber
Planting a Rainbow, by Lois Ehlert
Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? a Garden Guessing Game, by Anne Rockwell
Lola Plants a Garden, by Anna McQuinn
We sang:
The Parts of a Flower (Tune: Head and Shoulders)
Flowers, stem, leaves, and roots,
Leaves and roots,
Leaves and roots.
Flowers, stem, leaves, and roots,
These are the parts of a flower.
Spring Song (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The sun is shining bright,
The sun is shining bright,
Oh how I love the warmth,
The sun is shining bright.
The rain is falling down,
The rain is falling down,
Oh how I love the sound,
The rain is falling down.
The flowers start to bloom,
The flowers start to bloom,
Oh how I love the sight,
The flowers start to bloom.
For our craft, we painted flowers with pom poms and clothespins.
Materials:
- paint
- clothespins
- pom poms/puff balls
- paper
For snack, we had some yummy grapes.
