May 21, 2014 Story Time - Plants

If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read


Up, Down, and Around  by Katherine Ayres*
The Little Pea  by Eric Battut
From Seed to Plant  by Allan Fowler*
Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk as Told by the Giant by Eric Braun
Shapes in the Garden  by Rebecca Rissman
Once There Was a Seed  by Judith Anderson and Mike Gordon
A Green, Green Garden  by Mercer Mayer

The craft we made can be found at:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/mflower.html

We added words that described the parts of the plant: Stem, Leaf, Roots and Flower

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "P" the sound it makes and words that begin with "P"

This is the way we plant our seeds
(sung to "Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush")

This is the way we plant our seeds
plant our seeds, plant our seeds
this is the way we plant our seeds
so early in the morning

This is the way the wind does blow
wind does blow, wind does blow
this is the way the wind does blow
so early in the morning

This is the way the rain comes down
rain comes down, rain comes down
this is the way the rain comes down
so early in the morning

This is the way the sun shines bright
sun shines bright, sun shines bright
this is the way the sun shines bright
so early in the morning

This is the way the seed grows up
seed grows up, seed grows up
this is the way the seed grows up
so early in the morning

This is the way we pick our beans
pick our beans, pick our beans
this is the way we pick our beans
so early in the morning