With spring in full swing, I figured gardening would be a good unit for K to explore next. I originally planned on having flowers as the unit theme at first, but decided to generalize the unit to cover all forms of gardening: flowers, vegetables, and fruits. I figured diving into foods that K eats regularly might interest him more than simply looking at some flowers.
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- Day 1
- Read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
- Listen to Plant Parts video via YouTube
- Seed Sorting Tray activity from No Time For Flashcards (fine motor)
- Apple Printing activity from Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten (art)
- Day 2:
- Flower Pot Matching activity from Early Learning Ideas (math); (this activity does cost money, but thankfully, not too much)
- Plant My Name activity from Totschooling (literacy)
- Sink or Float activity (science). I chose the following fruits/vegetables:
- orange (with skin, will float; without skin, sink)
- apple (float)
- bell pepper (float)
- potato (sink)
- carrot (sink)
- grape (sink)
- Dot A Letter, Letter H (literacy)
- Day 3:
- What’s Hiding In the Grass? activity from School Time Snippets (fine motor)
- Leaf Printing (art): gather up leaves from backyard or around the neighborhood and use paint to make imprints of them
- Day 3 (cont.):
- I is for Insect craft (literacy)
- Day 3 (cont.):
- Pick And Wash Garden activity from Mama of Littles (sensory)
- Day 4:
- Flower Bead Lacing activity from Turner Tots (math). I went ahead and actually made my own flower cards. They definitely don’t look as nice as the ones on Turner Tots but K didn’t seem to mind š. The file is below if you’re interested.
- Planting the ABC’s from Turner Tots (literacy); this activity also costs a little
- Name Letter Search: Using drawing paper roll, I wrote out K’s name as a template. I then hid the letters of his name around the room. K went around the room looking for the letters and placed them on top of their corresponding letters on the roll paper.
- Day 5:
- Read One Bean by Anne Rockwell
- Explore Seeds In Foods We Eat: cut open vegetables and fruits to take a look at the different seeds. (science)
- orange
- apple
- avocado
- bell pepper
- tomato
- Plant seeds; we’re planting strawberry seeds (sensory)
- Day 6/7:
- Scavenger Hunt activity from No Wooden Spoons (gross motor)
- Emotions, Mirror activity: practice different facial expressions in front of a mirror (social skill)
- Letter Hunt (Letter H)
- Practice brushing hair (practical skill)
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