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Spring Lesson Plans

YI = Young Infants  (B to 9 months) 
MI = Mobile Infants  (8 to 18 months)
T = Toddlers (18 - 36 months)
P = Preschool
S = School-Age

Spring Gallery

Spring Poems, Songs and Rhymes

Birds

T      Bird Seed Sensory Table
P      Duck Race Sensory Play
S      Feather Observation
YI     Five Little Ducks Finger Play
MI    Spaghetti Nests

Bird Seed Sensory Table

Duck Race Sensory Play

Feather Observation

Five Little Ducks Finger Play

Spaghetti Nests

Caterpillars

MI    Caterpillar Finger Puppet
YI     Caterpillar Hands
P      Caterpillar Stamps
T      Egg Carton Caterpillars
S      Macaroni Metamorphosis

Caterpillar Finger Puppet

Caterpillar Hands

Caterpillar Stamps

Egg Carton Caterpillars

Macaroni Metamorphosis

Eggs

MI    Egg Sound Shakers
S      Look Out Below
YI    Muffin Tin Eggs
P      Q-Tip Easter Eggs
S      Splatter Egg Art
T      Stamping with Eggs

Egg Sound Shakers

Look Out Below

Muffin Tin Eggs

Q-Tip Easter Eggs

Splatter Egg Art

Stamping with Eggs

Flowers

P      Colorful Carnations
MI    Flower Sensory Board
YI     Flowerpot Feet
MI    Flower Footprints
P      Garden Sensory Bin​
P      Light Table Mandela Flowers
T      Marbled Flowers
S      Sum-mer Flowers

Colorful Carnations

Flower Sensory Board

Flowerpot Feet

Flower Footprints

Garden Sensory Bin

Light Table Mandela Flowers ​

Marbled Flowers

Sum-mer Flowers

Frogs & Pond

YI       Five Little Speckled Frogs Nursery Rhyme
S        Frog and Toad: Different and Alike
S       Frog Jump Measurement
P       Frog Rocks
T       Jell-O Frog Eyes
MI     Lily Pad Painting
P       Lost Button Activity
T       Loofa Lilies
T       Pond Sensory Bin
MI     “Pond Water” Sensory Bottle

Frog and Toad: Different and Alike

Frog Rocks

Jell-O Frog Eyes

Lily Pad Painting

Loofa Lilies

Pond Sensory Bin

“Pond Water” Sensory Bottle

Nature

S        Nature Scavenger Hunt
YI      Nature Sensory Bag
MI     Nature Sensory Board
T        Nature Suncatchers
P        Pine Needle Painting
P        Recycled Outdoor Music Area

Nature Scavenger Hunt

Nature Sensory Bag

Nature Sensory Board

Nature Suncatchers

Pine Needle Painting

Rabbits

YI      ​Peter Cottontail Song and Craft ​
MI     Bunny Reading and Memory Craft​

Peter Cottontail Song and Craft

Bunny Reading and Memory Craft​

Rainbows

S        Rainbow Eruptions
MI     Rainbow Reading and Footprint Craft
YI      Rainbow Ribbons
MI     Rainbow Sensory Shaker
T        Rainbow Slime
P        Rainbow Threading

St. Patrick's Day

S       End of the Rainbow Treasure Hunt
S       Let’s Grow a Shamrock!
P       Lucky Day Sensory Bin
T       Shamrock Footprints
YI      St. Patrick’s Sensory Bottle 
T       St. Patty’s Jell-O Sensory Bin
T       Straw Stamped Shamrocks

End of the Rainbow Treasure Hunt

Lucky Day Sensory Bin

Shamrock Footprints

St. Patrick’s Sensory Bottle

St. Patty’s Jell-O Sensory Bin

Straw Stamped Shamrocks

Vegetables and Seeds

YI      Carrot Feet
T        Peas and Carrots Sensory Bin
P        Seed Sorting
S        Sink or Float Vegetables
MI     Vegetable Stamping

Carrot Feet

Peas and Carrots Sensory Bin

Seed Sorting

Sink or Float Vegetables

Vegetable Stamping

Worms

T       Catching Worms
YI      Dirt and Worms Sensory Bin
P       Measuring with Worms
MI     Painting with Worms
S       Worm Retelling

Catching Worms

Dirt and Worms Sensory Bin

Measuring with Worms

Painting with Worms

Worm Retelling