Flannel Friday: Five Spring Flowers

For my contribution to Flannel Friday this week I am sharing flowers I made to use at our upcoming "Fizz, Boom, Grow!" storytime. They were cut out of felt and glued together with Tacky Glue.

Here is the accompanying rhyme:

Five Spring Flowers

Five spring flowers, all in a row.

The first one said: "We need rain to grow!"

The second one said: "Oh, my we need water!"

The third one said: "Yes it is getting hotter!"

The fourth one said: "I see clouds in the sky!"

The fifth one said: "I wonder why?"

Then BOOM went the thunder,

And ZAP went the lightning,

That springtime storm was really frightening!

But the flowers weren't worried-no, no, no
The rain helped them to grow, grow, grow!

I originally found this rhyme at Preschool Education. One of the things I really like about this rhyme is how it emphasizes that flowers need water to grow. I thought this was an important science concept to include in a science storytime about living and growing things. You could even decide to reinforce this point by having the kids place felt rain drops on the flannelboard by the flowers.

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