10 Great Ways To Celebrate Spring With Your Children
- Plant Flowers
Children love gardening! Have fun planting, then encourage your child to water the seeds, and watch them grow and bloom.
- Take a Listening Walk
Take a walk, and listen for signs of spring. Discuss what happens in Spring in the natural world – the birds return, the dead leaves blow away, squirrels and small animals play, etc., and encourage your child to listen for signs of spring.
- Learn about Bugs
Children are fascinated by nature’s smallest creatures. Teach them about other species by building an ant farm, and watching the ants work. Encourage your child to describe what the ants are doing each time you observe the farm. If they write – they can keep an “ant journal” and make short entries from their observations. Or, for younger scientists – they can draw pictures to document their ant observations.
- Visit the Zoo
Take advantage of the great weather and visit a local zoo – most have special events to celebrate spring, and sometimes, baby animals to meet
- Take a Looking Walk
Go for a walk with a magnifying glass, and look closely at new leaves, young flowers, small bugs, twigs, etc. Encourage your child to describe what he/she sees under the magnifying glass
- Try a New Sport
Children love to try new things – nurture their curiosity and enthusiasm by encouraging them to try something new this spring. A great way to spend fun time with your children – try rollerskating, tennis, golf, crocket, or anything your child has not done before. Don’t worry about technique, just have fun!!
- Grow a Butterfly
Watch a butterfly grow and transform. Talk about the changes, and about other animals that change.
- Participate in an out-doors community service project
Children are eager helpers – and serving the community will become a life-long habit. Volunteer with your child at a local arboretum, park, or school, to help clean up, plant, etc.
- Look UP!
Read a book about stars, and then enjoy the warmer night air – to find stars. Identify constellations with older children. Play games/make up stories with younger astronomers. Ask them to name a star (and talk about how every star has a name). Encourage them to look and then describe the pictures they see outlined in the starry sky.
- Create spring sketches.
Go outside with a sketchbook and some crayons – and draw pictures of spring. Children of all ages can participate, and will enjoy doing this very familiar activity in a new environment.
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