FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS: SIGNS OF SPRING ARE BLOOMING! LEARN SOME FUN POEMS, ENJOY STORIES TOGETHER, AND GET OUTSIDE

The Nurturing Parent, Parenting, Gentle Parenting, Respectful Parenting, Toddlers, Infants

SPRING IS SPRINGING!
GO OUTSIDE AND SEE WHAT SIGNS YOU CAN SEE!
DO PUSSY WILLOWS GROW NEAR YOU?
Pussy Willows are the true harbinger of spring!

POEMS
I Know a Little Pussy ~ Traditional Nursery Rhyme
Pussy Willow ~ by Aileen Fisher

BOOKS
Pussy Willows ~ by Margaret Wise Brown
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

ACTIVITY
FAMILY NATURE WALK - look for signs of spring in your area! How many different kinds of buds can you find? (If possible, if it’s not a nature reserve or someone’s yard lol) bring samples home. Feel the different buds - some might be sticky, some might be soft! Look with a magnifying glass! Do they have different scents?

PUSSY WILLOW COTTON BALLS
You will need:

• construction paper
• cotton balls (small pieces rolled into little balls)
• brown crayon or felt pen
• glue.

Instructions: After finding some pussy willows in nature children can draw some bare branches on their paper. Then simply glue the small cotton balls up and down the branch.

Episode referenced
Ep. #50 A MILLION REASONS TO TALK TO YOUR BABY

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