growing a vegetable garden by lois ehlert

In this exuberant and lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves…and down in the dirt.

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt – Up in the garden, the world is full of green-leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit.īut down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore. Gardening Books for Preschoolersįill your book basket with a great collection of garden books for preschoolers. If your kids enjoy this Growing Vegetable Soup sequencing activity, they’re sure to love the books, printables, and hands-on activities featured below. Kids will have to align the sequencing cards on the mat straight so that they all fit properly.

Hand-Eye Coordination: Gluing the sequencing cards in order (or lining them up with the velcro dots) helps strengthen hand-eye coordination.

Motor Skills: Cutting paper with scissors helps children strengthen the small muscles in their fingers, hands, and wrists.

This skill helps children make sense of the world around them. Kids learn to put things in the order that they happen.

Logic: Sequencing events is a great logic-building activity.

This worksheet does just that! But, what skills does it cover?

I love when one simple activity covers so many skills! That makes teaching so much easier. Use them for matching to real vegetables at the farmers market or grocery store. Print two of each page and make a memory matching game. These cards can be used in a variety of ways. This set also includes picture cards of various vegetables.

Read (or have your little one read) the steps and put the pictures in order. Put the sequencing cards in random order on the bottom row of the mat. As you read the story aloud, have your preschooler put the cards in order.Īfterward, you can put the sequencing mat in a center. This pack includes five sequencing cards with pictures and sentences. Just print out the pages you need, cut out the sequencing pictures, and you’re all set. This story sequencing activity is pretty low-prep. After reading through the story or sharing the video with your kids, show your students the sequencing activity, and see if they can put the images in order as you read the story aloud one more time.

Growing a vegetable garden by lois ehlert