Spring Themed Unit

Spring has sprung and it is time to redecorate the classroom. Instead of doing a bulletin board myself, I decided to get help from my little kindergarten and first grade friends. The first thing we did was cut our favorite things out of magazines and glued pictures on paper plates to create flowers. The kids then picked out their favorite ribbon to weave through the punched holes in the paper plates. The following day each kid wrote on a cloud shaped piece of paper what they love about spring. It was great to see all their unique ideas. The last day we read the story The Lorax by Dr. Suess and planted our own truffala trees (marigold flowers). Each kiddo has their own pot. Every week we are recording what we noticed is happening in our plant journals. Hopefully in a few weeks we will see flowers bloom. Growing the flowers has been an amazing activity to tie in the whole bulletin board and unit. A different student has the responsibility of watering all the plants each day. It is the best to watch their faces light up!