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SPRING VOCABULARY STRETCHERS
Spring is a great time to help your children increase their vocabularies with names and colors of flowers.
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Cut pictures of familiar flowers out of magazines or bulb catalogs. |
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Make a book with a different flower pasted on each page. |
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Write the name of the flower and it’s color on the bottom of each page. Such as: “A red tulip.” |
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Encourage your children to “read” the book to you, naming each flower and it’s color. |
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Have your child identify any of these flowers you happen to see in your yard, or while out shopping.
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‘B’ WORDS
What a great time to think about the sound of “B” and all the fun “B” words your child already knows.
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Write “B” words at the top of a piece of paper. |
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Tell your child that you are going to write down any word they can think of that starts like the word “bunny”. |
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Examples of “B” words your child might recall: basket, bell, box, bag, balloon, bus, baby, bottle, bib, boat, etc. |
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If your child has trouble thinking of “B” words, go for a walk around your house and say the names of items you see. I’m sure you will find familiar “B” words. |
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SPRING RHYMES
Here are a list of rhymes you might want to teach your child, that have spring themes.
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Mary, Mary Quite Contrary |
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Hot Cross Buns |
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Humpty Dumpty |
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Eensy Weensy Spider |
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Mary Had A Little Lamb
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SPRING “OPEN-ENDED” RHYME STORIES
Can be found at the Story Station. |
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