Mrs. Rachel's Three's Class: Growing and Blooming

Happy Easter, everyone! Jesus is risen! As I said last week, I hope we all took a moment (or several) to remember and rejoice in the fact that Jesus has conquered death. Nothing can ever change that. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Unfortunately, the weather doesn't look as great for this week, but I do hope you still get some time outside! This week would have been our plants/gardening week in our class. I always enjoy this week! Here are some ideas... Feel free to use if you'd like (or not)! :) I know with my own daughter, some days we do absolutely nothing considered "academic" and that's just fine! However, if you do want things to work on, here are some things we would have done in class!

Names: One thing I always do is read the book The Tiny Seed. We make flowers built out of our names to go along with the book... A great chance to work on writing and ordering the letters of their name. Here is a read aloud link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6wTeT2cKA

Science/Outdoor: I'm sure most of you already have, but take the time to plant some seeds or plants together!! Anna has loved playing in the dirt, shoveling, planting some seed starts, and more!

Math: Incorporate one-to-one counting into whatever you're doing! Try separating seeds out, sorting seeds, making a pattern with seeds, counting a pile and then taking some away to find what's left, etc. Anything you find outdoors can be the perfect math manipulative!

Poetry/Color and Sight Words: Here is a poem you could print and color if you'd like!

Letters: I emailed a neat roll and cover game we usually play... It has a variety of letter mats in the PDF, so just print what you want! They enjoy tracing the letters and covering up the pictures that start with that sound. Also, a parent in my kinder prep sent me a pic of her son writing letters in chalk and then erasing them with a water blaster... Super fun idea for a warmer day!!

Art: Read a book online or watch a video about parts of a plant! See if your child can remember any cool plant facts! We usually make some sort of parts of a plant craft. Here is an easy one using a muffin liner that includes cutting! You can help your child write the labels for each part. Side note, BookFlix has a ton of great interactive book options, including these: https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0051pr/start?authCtx=U.794217314

Plants, Plants, Plants, AWARD!! | Plants kindergarten ...

Bible: This week, I am going to try to focus with Anna on how we can grow in God by continuing to learn more about him. It's also a great week to talk about the Fruits of the Spirit! I usually have my class learn this awesome "Fruit of the Spirit": . We are planning to also do the story of the vine and the branches... discussing how a branch that is chopped off cannot grow or have fruit anymore, and if we don't love God, we cannot do the things that He wants us to do.

Science: Last week, I did the colored water celery experiment with Anna. It's always a favorite. Just place the center stalks with leaves in different colors of water to watch the leaves change color... It is a great way for them to understand how water goes up the stem of a plant to its flowers/leaves.

Extra: The flower template below is something that I usually include in portfolios. I know it's silly, but I am sad we are getting to add these fun things to portfolios. I have included it in case you would want to have your child color it and write down the info yourself as a keepsake that you can add to their portfolio when we finally get them out to you! :)