Preschool Picasso: Flowers

April showers bring May flowers...in Preschool Picasso! We had a flower theme for this month's class. 

For our story, I read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. What a great classic picture book for our theme. It was the right amount of time I needed for a story and was perfect for explaining the life cycle of a flower. My group listened well and enjoyed this Eric Carle book. 

After our story, we started with our crafts. For our first craft, we made a sunflower using bent toilet paper rolls, yellow paint, and some construction paper pieces. The kids did a great job using the toilet paper rolls for stamping. This was great for strengthening hand-eye coordination skills and thought the repetition was helpful too.

For our final craft, we made a flower out of cupcake liners, petal cutouts, and Popsicle sticks. It was interesting to see what color combinations they each picked out for their flower. 

I decided not to go with a sensory bin this time around, but story time and craft time kept everyone happy and busy. 

Keep blooming!