A Booklet of Flowers

[20 Minutes]

Help your child to create a booklet of flowers that tickles the senses!

You'll need:

• flowers • scissors (ADULT USE ONLY) • construction paper • crayons or markers • stapler • cotton balls • perfume or cologne • soft fabric scraps • glue

What to do:

1. First with your child look at flowers--real ones or in pictures in a book.
2. Cut flower-shaped pages for the booklet. Make at least four pages.
3. The first page is the cover. Invite your child to decorate the flower with crayons and markers as she wishes.
4. The second page encourages your child to explore her sense of smell. Help her glue a cotton ball in the center of the flower. Spray the ball with a sweet smelling perfume.
5. The third page features the sense of touch. Challenge your child to help you look around the house to find "soft" things to glue onto the flower. Have fabric scraps available for her to feel.
6. The fourth page is the back cover. To this flower, add your child's name and date. Again let your child decorate this page.
7. As you construct this booklet, sing a song about Spring flowers. (Tune: "Did You Ever See A Lassie"):

   Did you ever see a flower,
   A flower, a flower.
   Did you ever see a flower
   So pretty in Spring?
   The colors are glowing,
   In the sunshine they're growing.
   Did you ever see a flower
   So pretty in Spring?

8. Staple the pages together. It's fun to look back at your little one's artwork from year to year.

Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.

• Where do flowers grow?
• Do flowers smell good or bad? Tell me about them.
• How do flower petals feel?

Useful information:

While you are having fun together, this activity helps your child develop small muscle skills and an understanding of cause and effect.