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7 Awesome Spring Literacy Center Ideas!

7 Awesome Spring Literacy Center Ideas!

If you're looking to spice up your literacy centers, here are some awesome id...

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Cute Peter Rabbit Themed Plant Unit!

Cute Peter Rabbit Themed Plant Unit!

Spring is the perfect time of year for you and your kiddos to explore plants...

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Springtime Lapbook Idea for Preschool

Springtime Lapbook Idea for Preschool

Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly Can you believe it? Spring has finally ar...

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Super Fun Cross-Curricular Spring Plant Lesson Idea!

Super Fun Cross-Curricular Spring Plant Lesson ...

Photo Source: The Bubbly Blonde We love cross-curricular studies - especial...

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"What Plants Need" Bulletin Board Idea for Spring

"What Plants Need" Bulletin Board Idea for Spring

Photo Source: Dragonflies in First How stinkin' cute is this bulletin board...

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Happy Hair! Springtime Science with Seeds

Happy Hair! Springtime Science with Seeds

Photo Source: Rainbows Within Reach Spring is finally in the air! And what ...

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Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

For those elementary students interested in botany, this cool experiment fro...

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7 Worksheets for Earth Day

7 Worksheets for Earth Day

If you're wrapping up your Earth Day lessons and are looking for a few extra ...

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Beautiful Blooms: What Makes A Flower Last the Longest?

Beautiful Blooms: What Makes A Flower Last the ...

Photo Source: thebottomlessbag.blogspot.com Bouquets of beautiful blooms ar...

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Learning About The Parts of a Plant

Learning About The Parts of a Plant

There are so many cool ways to teach your kiddos about the parts of a plant. ...

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How Do Plants Grow?

How Do Plants Grow?

If you're planning a spring plant/gardening unit, check out these fabulous pr...

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Recycled Water - Does It Effect Plant Growth?

Recycled Water - Does It Effect Plant Growth?

For students interested in botany, ecology, and recycling, this science fair ...

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Grafting Plants with Bubble Gum!

Grafting Plants with Bubble Gum!

Photo Source: www.fruitsinfo.com Grafting is a technique that botanists hav...

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Hydroponics - What is the Best Liquid for Germinating Seeds?

Hydroponics - What is the Best Liquid for Germi...

Photo Source: www.kew.org If your upper elementary/middle school student is...

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Plants and Rooting Hormone: Is It Effective?

Plants and Rooting Hormone: Is It Effective?

Photo Source: ewainthegarden.blogspot.com For all the future botanists out ...

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Spring Garden Sensory Bin

Spring Garden Sensory Bin

Photo Source: modernparentsmessykids.com How utterly adorable is this sprin...

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Montessori-Inspired Printable Spring Activities

Montessori-Inspired Printable Spring Activities

Photo Source: livingmontessorinow.com Deb Chitwood, creator of Living Monte...

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Spring Plant Unit - Eating the Parts of a Plant

Spring Plant Unit - Eating the Parts of a Plant

Photo Source: dutchhill.sno.wednet.edu Last May we featured this same activ...

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Planting A Rainbow - Earth Day Craftivity!

Planting A Rainbow - Earth Day Craftivity!

Photo Source: kiboomu.com We love mixing literature and crafting and this a...

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Microwaves and Plants

Microwaves and Plants

Photo ©2007 Tim Patterson, Flickr You're probably wondering what kind of sc...

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Outdoor Adventures & Summer Fun!

Outdoor Adventures & Summer Fun!

We just love the idea of learning outdoors and came across three activities y...

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Carrot Play Dough Counting Mat

Carrot Play Dough Counting Mat

Photo Source: prekinders.com This cute math play dough mat from Karen at Pr...

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3 Simple Science Activities for Kinders

3 Simple Science Activities for Kinders

Photo Source: www.activekidsclub.com It's important to provide hands on act...

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Graphing Seeds & Analyzing the Data

Graphing Seeds & Analyzing the Data

A fantastic spring/summer math and science lesson for your preschoolers is to...

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Seed Graphing

Seed Graphing

Photo Source: www.creativetots.com Another downfall of all the rain here in...

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Eating the Parts of a Plant

Eating the Parts of a Plant

If you're looking for a fantastic way to end your spring plant/botany unit, t...

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The Science of Easter!

The Science of Easter!

If you're looking for a fun science activity to explore with your preschooler...

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Roll & Build Flower Puzzle

Roll & Build Flower Puzzle

Photo Source: play2learnprintables.com The past two days we've shared some ...

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Cherry Blossom Math

Cherry Blossom Math

Photo Source: www.mrswillskindergarten.com If you're a center "multi-tasker...

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A Garden of Goodies

A Garden of Goodies

We found this next gardening unit full of free printable worksheets at Lightn...

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Preschool Flower Shop - Spring Dramatic Play

Preschool Flower Shop - Spring Dramatic Play

Photo Source: educationofours.blogspot.com Dramatic play areas offer powerf...

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Gardening Preschool Pack from Homeschool Creations

Gardening Preschool Pack from Homeschool Creations

Jolanthe from Homeschool Creations created this fantastic interdisciplinary, ...

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Gardening Writing Center Activities for Spring

Gardening Writing Center Activities for Spring

Photo Source: www.kellyskindergarten.com To go along with your spring garde...

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Spring Scavenger Hunt

Spring Scavenger Hunt

Photo Source: iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com Now that the temperatures are...

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Growing Plants in Kindergarten

Growing Plants in Kindergarten

April is National Gardening Month and, with it being spring {the time of year...

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Colorful Dried Bean Mosaics

Colorful Dried Bean Mosaics

Photo Source: Martha Stewart Colorful mosaics are a fantastic way to bright...

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Multicolored Flowers

Multicolored Flowers

Photo © 2008 Subramanian Kabilan, Flickr This science experiment, designed ...

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