Go Green
Earth Day is April 22nd, and Spring is a great time to think about ways to teach our children about being a friend to the planet.

Mother Goose Day

Mother Goose Day is celebrated on May 1. Reintroduce yourself and your children to the wonderful rhymes and activities associated with Mother Goose.

  • The Mother Goose Society
    Informative site with information about Mother Goose and Mother Goose Day. Also provides recipes and crafts.
  • The Mother Goose Pages
    Includes an online listing of Mother Goose rhymes, artwork, reading tips, and a printable coloring book.
  • Kidspace
    Read some popular Mother Goose stories online, or have them read to you.
  • Mother Goose Games
    Enjoy some free online Mother Goose games with your child.
 

Michigan Week

May 17-23, 2008 is a time to celebrate our beautiful state. There are many wonderful places to explore and enjoy with your children, this week or throughout the year.

 

Spring Reading

Picture Books about Spring
Blackberry Ramble Thacher Hurd
The boy who didn't believe in spring Lucille Clifton
First comes spring Anne Rockwell
Grandma's garden Elaine Moore
"Hi, Mister Robin!" Alvin R. Tresselt,
Hopper hunts for Spring Marcus Pfister
Hurray for spring Patricia Hubbell
I love spring! Steven Kroll
Mud Flat spring James Stevenson
My spring robin Anne Rockwell
Splish, splash, spring Jan Carr

Spring: Fingerplays

I'm a Little Flower Pot Sung to: "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a little flower pot mom put out (point to self)
If you take care of me, I will sprout. (nod head, point to self)
When you water me, I will grow (make sprinkling motions w/right hand)
Into a pretty flower, don't you know! (raise left hand slowly up from
floor, make wide circle with hands or arms
)

Counting Daffodils
One little daffodil had nothing much to do,
Out popped another one, and then there were two.
Two little daffodils were smiling at a bee,
Out popped another one, and then there were three.
Three little daffodils were growing by the door,
Out popped another one, and then there were four.
Four little daffodils were glad to be alive,
Out popped another one, and then there were five.
Five little daffodils were wearing golden crowns,
They danced in the breeze in green satin gowns.


Spring is All Around Me (Sung to"The Wheels on the Bus)
Above my head I see the sun,
see the sun, see the sun.
Above my head I see the sun.
Spring is all around me.
Below my feet I see the grass...
Above my head I see a bird...
Below my feet I see a bug....
Above my head I see a cloud...
Below my feet I see a worm....

Five Spring Flowers
Five spring flowers, all in a row.
The first one said, "We need rain to grow!"
The second one said, "Oh my, we need water!"
The third one said, "Yes, it is getting hotter!"
The fourth one said, "I see clouds in the sky."
The fifth one said, "I wonder why?"
Then BOOM went the thunder
And ZAP went the lightning!
That springtime storm was really frightening!
But the flowers weren't worried–no, no, no, no!
The rain helped them to grow, grow, GROW!