April Showers are past, and May Flowers are in bloom! Celebrate the beginning of summer with this fun flower activity. Perfect for recess, this activity allows your little learners to live out their dream of being a flower fairy while keeping active and entertained. Give it a try on a sunny summer afternoon!
Materials:
colored tissue paper
scissors (adult use only)
bread twist-ties
flower wand (a paper flower taped to an unsharpened pencil with strands of colorful curling ribbon attached)
Before the Activity:
Make one colorful tissue paper flower per child by cutting sheets of tissue
paper into circles and squares, setting three sheets on top of each other,
holding them at the center, and twisting them into shape.
What To Do:
1. Invite the children to stand in a circle and join hands.
2. Display the assorted flowers in the center of the circle, scattered randomly.
3. Hand the flower wand to one child and have the child stand in the center of
the circle to become the "flower fairy."
4. Ask the children to walk around the circle of flowers, in a counterclockwise
direction, as they recite the following chant in unison:
Walk around the flowers
Growing on the ground.
Pretty summer flowers.
All sit down!
5. As the chant ends, all the children sit down quickly.
6. The person in the middle then uses the wand to tap various classmates,
signaling each one to pick a flower, say its color, and then carry it back to her
place.
7. The activity continues until each of the children picks a flower.
Instructions
Make charts that show the steps of getting
dressed in clothes appropriate for each season.
What To Do
1. Gather the children together and talk with them
about how they got dressed that morning. Ask
the children if they chose their clothes. Ask the
children why they picked the clothes they did.
2. Show the children the various articles of clothing,
and challenge them to identify the seasons appropriate for each.
3. Set up the charts of the steps involved in getting dressed for each season,
setting the season-appropriate clothing out before the charts. Invite the
children to take turns following the steps and getting dressed for each season.
s o n g
I Know How to Dress Myself by Eileen Lucas
I know how to dress myself.
I know how to dress myself.
I don't need your help, I don't need your help.
I know how to dress myself.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children identify clothing that is appropriate for each season?
l Are the children able to follow the steps to put on the correct clothing in each
season?
