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The temperature is creeping up, the rain is falling and the world is starting to look a bit more cheerful. In the spring, nature wakes up and colors return to the Pacific Northwest. Children, too, seem to grow faster than ever with a little extra rain and sunshine. Here are five great ideas to help grow your little reader while celebrating spring:
- Check out a children’s field guide like The Junior Birder’s Handbook by Danielle Belleny from the library and take a nature walk. Talk about what you are noticing together. Encourage older children to make their own nature journal and draw or write about what they see!
- Plan a picture book themed picnic. Play with Me is a beautiful new picnic themed board book for toddlers, though few books offer as much picnic food inspiration as the beloved Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- Rainy day blues? For indoor fun, visit one of the newly renovated early childhood spaces at Holgate, Midland or North Portland libraries!
- Watch clouds and talk about what you imagine them to be. Little Cloud and It Looked Like Spilt Milk are both great introductions to this age-old pastime.
- Plant a garden! If you don’t have space for a garden, plant a seed! Bean plants are famously easy to start indoors, and they grow quickly. It makes them a great choice for young children who delight in seeing the daily changes. Connect the activity to early literacy skills by finding books that feature gardening from your local library. Did you know that library staff regularly post booklists on our website? When searching the catalog, search by “list” and type in the theme of your choice. You can filter to see lists that are made by library staff, but you can also see lists that fellow library patrons have created. Try this list of gardening books to get you started!