Comments on: Planting a Rainbow

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:54 +0000

I am a school librarian, and I did a similar activity with my kindergarteners. I drew pictures of several different blooms and photocopied them. After reading the book, the kids colored and cut out the flowers. We taped them to a craft stick, and then “planted” them in a tupperware filled with sand. My flowerboxes look so cheerful, and I’ve gotten lots of compliments from people stopping in the library.

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Book Time Fun for the Whole Family | Make and Takes — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:22:12 +0000

[...] My kids will love putting together fun shapes. I love all Lois Ehlert’s books, we celebrated Planting a Rainbow last year. Share and [...]

By: Susie-Q

Susie-Q — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:05:24 +0000

What a great idea. Looks like your son had fun planting!

By: kj

kj — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:12 +0000

I love this book. I use it every year in my preschool classes. This year we will make phonics flower gardens. Great post!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:01:05 +0000

hi, we just did this storytime and activity the other day; you’ll have to go check it out. thanks for the great idea.

By: Gwen Edmunds

Gwen Edmunds — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:19:29 +0000

There is a green “flower” – I can’t think of the name, except that “bells of Ireland” or something akin to that come to mind.

Love your blog.

Love you, too.

Aunt Gwen

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:19:02 +0000

Our Rainbow garden had an accident. Our orange flower got too cold from a snow fall we had here! It died, sadly. So we are planning to replant the orange flower next week, when the weather is supposed to stay WARM!

But the Rainbow is still very cheery and bright. I love it!

By: c holt

c holt — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:40:33 +0000

Great idea! i love it. Matt is getting so big and grown up. Hope you’re feeling okay with the pregger belly!!
love ya.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:04:45 +0000

You are so amazing. Honestly. I have no idea how you manage to accomplish so much, every single day. Wow.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:25:08 +0000

When I interned at an elementary school art room we read Wag A Tail by Lois Ehlert to kindergarten students. Then they did really cute collages in the style of the book’s illustrations