

Literature: Read stories about sunflowers. Things to do across the curriculum form a project from Windy Mack at the National Teacher Training Institute

Kids guide to parts of a flower from Ava's flowers. Bumble boosters has a whole citizen science program on bumble bees. NeoK12 Resources on pollination Includes, videos, games, pictures, and a presentation builder.īumble boosters. "UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Pairings" by Douglas FlorianĪ honey bees project for 2nd graders can be found here. "Buzzy the Bumble bee" by Denise Brennan-Nelson Michael's College, Winooski, VT, "Lyrical rhyming text with lush illustrations.-American Bookseller "Creative and charming.-School Library Journal "Primary and preschool teachers will find this a colorful, child-appealing addition to units on plants.Rsources you can use in a classroom are below: Despite its flaws, the book could spark an interest in the cycle of nature.-Virginia Golodetz, St. They are realistic and add interesting details that extend the brief text. The bright illustrations, done in watercolor and colored pencil, are reminiscent of this team's Flower Garden (Harcourt, 1994).

At times, the rhyme scheme seems strained and the meter becomes singsongy. Unfortunately, the text, written in rhymed couplets, is not wholly successful.

Bunting's idea is creative and charming, with poetic and romantic aspects. Then they fill their pockets with the seeds, the birds eat some, and the rest are left on the ground to grow again next summer. He waters them and waits patiently until they grow taller than himself, with huge nodding blossoms that form a perfect "sunflower house." He and two friends play in the "house" all summer, even sleeping in it one night, until the leaves turn brown and the stems fall down. A young boy plants the seeds in a large circle. "Lyrical rhyming text with lush illustrations."-American Bookseller "Creative and charming."-School Library Journal "Primary and preschool teachers will find this a colorful, child-appealing addition to units on plants."-Booklist, "Lyrical rhyming text with lush illustrations.''American Bookseller "Creative and charming.''School Library Journal "Primary and preschool teachers will find this a colorful, child-appealing addition to units on plants.''Booklist, "Lyrical rhyming text with lush illustrations.ee"American Bookseller "Creative and charming.ee"School Library Journal "Primary and preschool teachers will find this a colorful, child-appealing addition to units on plants.ee"Booklist, "Lyrical rhyming text with lush illustrations."-American Bookseller "Creative and charming."-School Library Journal "Primary and preschool teachers will find this a colorful, child-appealing addition to units on plants."-Booklist, PreSchool-K-Another story about the life cycle of growing things'in this case, mammoth sunflowers'planted in a way that captures the imagination.
