Spring Ideas from Ms. Mariola's Room

Spring means being outdoors, jumping high, enjoying the weather (finally),occasional showers and buds swelling into flowers.

Here are some activitiesyou can do indoors and outdoors:

• Carrot Tops! Cut tops (large ends) of carrots off- about 1". Put themflat side into a small bowl of water, filled to ¼" level. Watch! In one ortwo weeks, you will see greenery shooting from the tops.

• Spring spelling. Think of five words that have to do with spring, such as sun, insect, rain, buds, bloom, etc. Learn to read and write them.

• Create a garden by planting flowers, vegetables or herbs. Get a smallplant, pot, soil, some water and follow gardener's directions as to when to water and how much sunlight to give your growing plant.