PLANT THE TINY SEED

HOW TO USE PLANT THE TINY SEED STORYTIME KIT

Use the link on the Virtual Storytime Page to watch

Plant the Tiny Seed Storytime.

This page is password protected. Password has been provided by the program administrator.

After watching the storytime, use the components from the class Storytime Kits

provided by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach to:

1. Enjoy Rhyme Cards with your class.

2. Practice the Word of the Week with your class.

3. Complete this week's craft.

4. Introduce this week's Literacy Tip into your curriculum.

STORYTIME WITH MS. JIN

Plant the Tiny Seed storytime is available on the Storytime Video Access page of this website. This page is password protected and accessible only to preschools participating in

the Mandel Public Library's Virtual Storytime and Kit program.

The password has been provided to you by the program coordinator.

BOOK:

PLANT THE TINY SEED

Beautiful illustrations follow a seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds and colorful butterflies. This interactive book will have children wiggling their fingers to water the seeds, clapping to make the sun shine after rain, and shooing away a hungry snail.

RHYME: POPCORN POPPING ON THE APRICOT TREE

I looked out the window, and what did I see?

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!

Spring had brought me such a nice surprise,

Blossoms popping right before my eyes.

I could take an armful and make a treat,

A popcorn ball that would smell so sweet.

It wasn't really so, but it seemed to be

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.

Printable Rhyme Cards Here

PLANT THE TINY SEED WORD OF THE WEEK

Use this week's Word of the Week, SEED, to extend your learning:

1. Say and trace each letter of this week's word.

2. Sound out a word letter–by-letter.

3. Think of other words that rhyme with seed. These can be real words

or made-up ones that are silly and non-sensical!

Link to printable Word of the Week sheet here:

seed

CRAFT

Children will make a watercolor butterfly!

Directions:

Each child will receive:

1 Coffee Filter

1 Chenille Stick

1. Use the washable markers to decorate your coffee filter in pretty colors and designs of your choice. Use your imagination!

2. Drip water all over the coffee filter and let it dry.

3. Once dry, fold the coffee filter accordion style.

4. Tie the middle of the coffee filter with the chenille stick.

5. Pull each side of folded paper to make wings. Curl the pipe cleaner.

ENJOY YOUR BUTTERFLY!

LITERACY TIP

Watching a seed turn into a plant is a magical experience for most children. They are fascinated by the process. In Plant the Tiny Seed, children learn about nature when they understand that plants need sunshine and water to grow.

Some other books that you can use to discuss nature with your class include:

Harlem Grown by Tony Hillery

If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi

A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

The Secret Fawn by Kallie George & Elly MacKay

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

Plant the Tiny Seed: Projects