Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum, illustrated by Laura Bryant. Sing this new version of an old favorite, do the movements modeled in the pictures, and find the cardinal on every page. Point out the changing seasons and do some of the activities in the back, including demonstrating the six parts of a plant.
In the Spin of Things by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrations by Karen Dugan. Read a poem or two and ask kids to name the sounds and motions. As a group, choose something (fire truck, cake mixer, toaster, etc.) not in this collection and have each child name a sound or action associated with that thing to create a group poem.
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