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Activities & Projects for the Springtime

Activities & Projects for the Springtime

Spend time with your family this spring: we've got ideas for rainy day projects and outdoor activities.

Soak Up the Sun

Share the Outdoors With Your Kids
Get out and soak up the spring season with your children.
Sneeze Season
Easy ways to prepare for spring allergies.

Free Printables for Springtime

Fanciful Flowers: Activity Page (Flower Labeling)
Butterfly Mobile: Pattern
Minibook: Who Lives in the Pond?

Springtime Activities: Sunny Day Fun

Make a Kite
Spring Flower Step Stool
Clever Cleaning Games
Sun Shadow Clock

Springtime Activities: Occupy Rainy Days

Veggie Adventure
P&C April 2007 Windstock project
Springtime Wind Chime
Dancing With the Wind

Spring Reads

Springtime Stories for Beginning Readers
Introduce the new season with these wonderful (and sometimes all wet!) books for beginners.
Books With Bunny Characters
Kick off the Spring season with these wonderful tales of adorable bunnies.
Outdoor Adventures
Celebrate the season by checking out these spring-themed titles.
Back-to-Nature Books for Independent Readers
Celebrate spring with these outdoor-themed books.
I SPY - Spring Seekers
Springtime seek and find books are a fun way to motivate your little reader to learn.
Cool Picture Books for Hot Days
Warm days are the perfect time to curl up under a shady tree with your pre-reader and one of these sunny picture books!

Springtime Snacks & Recipes

Pinwheel Picnic
by Ellen Church
Head out into the warm spring breeze for a colorful feast.
Veggie Adventure
Lively vegetarian dishes celebrate spring.
The Amazing Egg
Spring is the perfect time for you and your child to get cracking on an egg-stravaganza of tasty recipes!
Salsa
As the temperature drops, the urge to snack rises. Keep this healthy recipe on hand.
Colorful Cooking
From bright red tomatoes to sunny yellow peppers, making meals more vibrant boosts kids' health. Celebrity chef Ellie Krieger shares her menu.
Wild Thing Island Smoothies
Try this recipe based on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.
You-nique Yogurt Treats
Have-it-your-way yogurt snacks.
Max's Monster Mash in a Private Pineapple Boat
Try this recipe based on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.

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