Spring is in the air and it’s the perfect time for all sorts of nature studies with your preschoolers! Go outside and get your hands dirty as much as you can!
Every week, the members of the Trillium {Community} Facebook group share photos of their shelves and activities in our weekly “Shelfie Saturday” share thread.
Here are some of the spring preschool and Montessori activities they’ve shared with us! I am sure you will find some inspiration here. Affiliate links added for your convenience.
Observing a Monarch butterfly with a magnifying glass. I love the use of the mirror… magical! Submitted by Kristen Smith.
Learn about bees and wasps with these great ideas submitted by Jessica Edwards. Isn’t that felt parts of a bee work fun? Your older students could make one for themselves!
More about bees.
Beth Wood shared some of her lovely new materials for learning about bees, flowers and fruits. How adorable is that little knitted bee?!
Observe a praying mantis or other insect this spring and compare to a model. You can find a praying mantis model on Amazon or at the crafts store.
Don’t you love this felt butterfly life cycle set? Those caterpillars would be a really fun sewing project for your older students! Submitted by Dagmar Brumovska
Match some buggy stickers to their outlines! Tracing around those little shapes is also a great fine motor activity for your slightly older students. They can get very excited about making “works” for the classroom. Submitted by Dagmar Brumovska.
Using tongs to transfer birds from a nest onto a fence. Tricky! Submitted by Julia Coleman
Add a little yellow duckling brush to your scrubbing work! Submitted by Tammy Boch
Add some bird models to the windowsill and see if you can spot them in the garden! Submitted by Kristin Anderson
Learn all about birds! This is Allyson Speake’s birding center.
A closer look at Allyson’s birding center. That bird skeleton is a great touch to emphasize that birds are vertebrates.
Make some felt egg pouches for your mystery number game. The mini eggs are easy enough to find at craft stores and dollar stores this time of year. You can also use mini chicks as counters. Submitted by Becky Musial.
Decorate a chalkboard egg! Submitted by Becky Musial.
Learning about forests and birds in Anna Herba’s classroom.
Buttoning tomatoes! This could be another great project for your older students to make. They can stitch on the buttons and make the little tomatoes. Submitted by Ania Steele.
A spring themed activity shelf from Dagmar Brumovska
Transferring little silk flowers
Check out the little stones with the bunny ears!
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