For example, on her orange flowers page, she shows an orange tulip, zinnia, tiger lily, and poppy the yellow blooms page features a yellow daisy, marigold, and daffodils.Įhlert wraps everything up at the end with a fresh bundle of flowers picked and tied together in the closing season of summer with the promise that: In the middle of book, she includes a creative flip chart with each color of the rainbow and the flowers that correlate. She begins her book with “Mom and I” planting bulbs in the fall, and moves through the seasons of winter, spring, then finally summer by illustrating and labeling the bulbs, seeds, sprouts, seedlings, and plants with pictures and colors that captivate us. With so many wonderful flower books for kids, Ehlert’s is my pick because children ages toddler to ten (and even adults) can enjoy the book at different levels. Our April Showers from Tuesday’s Featured Friend, Just You and Me, brings us some May Flowers with Today’s Featured Friend, Planting a Rainbow. For example, red apples, red bow, red cup in one group green book, green leaf, green grass in another.Introducing Our Featured Friend: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert It may help to have a basket for each color, or a big circle drawn on a piece of paper with a color marker. Then sort and group them according to colors. (hold up fist and raise fingers one at a time, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 while counting out loud) Play!įind things in nature as well as things around the house that are of different colors.

(bend 1 finger down at a time)ĭown, down, down, falls the gentle rain, (flutter fingers down as if raining)Īnd the 5 little flowers lift up their heads again. See their heads nodding bowing one by one. What do they think will happen next? What did they like about the story? Sing!įive Little Flowers Song (tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider) – Watch an example from The Kiboomers: ĥ little flowers standing in the sun, (hold up one hand, spreading out 5 fingers) Talk about the stories as you read and watch together. Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert paired with It Could Still Be a Flower by Allan Fowler Talk! Week 1, Day 2: Living Things – Plants Read and watch the stories at Scholastic Learn at Home and then explore the activities below! Read!

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