Welcome Spring!

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Spring rainbow Class Door decoration - when we learn we grow

Raise your hand if you're officially on SPRING BREAK! 🙋🙋🙋

Watching seeds grow is an amazing science lesson for kids. Our seed germination experiment gives kids the opportunity to see up close how a seed grows what would actually be happening under the ground! Our awesome seed growing activity turned out amazingly well, and we loved checking on the progress each day! Simple science activities are great for young learners! SEED GERMINATION EXPERIMENT FOR KIDS! HOW A SEED GROWS This simple to set up seed jar was one of our favorite spring science…

5th grade students made paper flowers to hang in the art room during April. These are simple to make to do require some strategy. We measured eleven 2 inch strips of paper. They were glued together…

Need to send some spring flowers that wont wilt? Or maybe you just want to send a cheery hello to someone special? Either way, these pretty tea cup cards will do the trick. Each card is shaped like a tea cup and features either yellow tulips, green clovers, or blue flowers. Each card also has a nice sizable place to write your greeting on. These cute cards work well for birthdays, a mother's day card, "I'm thinking of you" cards, spring greetings, or as special greeting during National Hot…

Design your own flower pot! Kit comes with 3 different pre-printed designs to color or great creative and make your own! Great for a spring lesson, plant unit, or a Mother's Day gift!

What better way to greet Spring than with a beautiful garden? Look close at the papers and you will see we used cardboard food boxes, straws...

Math in Kindergarten: Making Math Meaningful Visual Prompts for Math Inspiration at RainbowsWithinReach

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

The grass is greener, the flowers are beginning to bloom and kids can be heard playing outside. It's spring and with spring comes wind. So, instead of wishing the wind away, we made lunch sack kites to fly in the wind! These kites were perfect for my 2 and 3 year olds.

BIG art in a tiny room!

These jars make it fun to collect and study insects! The bug wings on top open to reveal a 3.5x magnifying lens for up-close observation.

Photo Source: teaching-montessori.blogspot.com Photo Source: teaching-montessori.blogspot.com How adorable are these ladybug themed math activities from Teaching Montessori?! We think they would make a cute addition to any spring/summer math center - or even a bug or gardening unit! [NOTE: While the activities are similar, we love how this post shows that there are always multiple ways of presenting an activity.] For more complexity, you might consider... Creating ladybugs with higher number…

Fall & Back to School Bulletin Board Ideas. Ideas within the back-to-school bulletin board pages include resources for the following: teamwork, school memories, fall, and general back-to-school.

I love including my boys in planting our garden. The benefits of gardening with kids are many, and I can't say enough about this timeless activity.