Companion Poems: 'Rain' and 'Plant a Little Seed'
Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn Branley
Rain Song by Lezlie Evans
Rain by Peter Spier
In the Rain With Baby Duck by Amy Hest
All the Colors of the Rainbow (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler
The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
Puddles by Jonathon London
Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lynn Ray
This Is the Rain by Lola M. Schaefer
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
Fran's Flower or Grow Flower Grow by Lisa Bruce
Bumblebee, Bumblebee Do You Know Me? by Anne Rockwell
Jack's Garden by Henry Cole
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
Seeds/Living Things in General
What's Alive? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
A Seed is a Promise by Claire Merrill
I'm a Seed by Jean Marzollo
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds by Jerome Wexler
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
A Little Seed
A little seed for me to sow.
A little earth to make it grow.
A little hole, a little pat
A little wish and that is that.
A little sun, a little shower,
A little while, and then a flower
Possible Cross Curricular Connections
1) Label flowerpot shapes with numerals and then have students count out that many flower shaped erasers into each pot.
2) Create flowers using pattern blocks and then glue paper pattern block pieces to recreate.
3) On a rainy day, collect rain in a rain gauge and measure how much water you get.
1) Plant a flower garden!
2) Label the parts of a plant (flower, stem, leaf, roots).
3) Conduct plant experiments such as celery experiment for demonstrating how the plant gets water; light, water, air experiments.
4) Make rainbow crayons.
1) Sequence/order events from story and plant growth.
2) Brainstorm additional rhyming words for 'me' and then insert them into the poem 'Rain' to reread.
3) Match pictures that end with the same sound. (See below.)
1) Make a seed collage.
2) Create hand print flowers. (See below.)
See a related study at Hubbard's Cupboard called The Enormous "Kinder" Garden! See ideas to use with growing fruits and vegetables such as The Enormous Watermelon and The Enormous Turnip!