Let students plant flowers for spring in the dramatic play area, recommends the website Step By Step. Fill a sensory table or large plastic tub with dirt. Give students plastic flowers, shovels, gardening gloves and empty pots. Show students how to place dirt in a pot, gently place the flower in the dirt and then cover the roots with more dirt. Provide empty watering cans for students to pretend to water the flowers.
Spring is the perfect time to clean. Let students experience spring cleaning in the classroom. Provide dusters, brooms, mops, buckets and empty bottles, and encourage students to clean up the dramatic play area and the rest of the classroom, suggests the website Childcare Lounge. While they play, ask students to keep an eye out for broken toys or raggedy books that should be repaired or replaced.
Springtime is warmer than summer, but often rainy. Celebrate the season in the dramatic play area of your classroom with clothes suitable for spring, suggests Step By Step. Provide rain boots, lightweight jackets, short-sleeved shirts and sunglasses. Include rain jackets and umbrellas, and encourage students to pretend to play in the rain and jump in rain puddles.
Let students experience spring on the farm in the dramatic play area. Provide shovels, hoes and other gardening tools. In addition, give students a variety of animal toys such as cows, pigs, ducks, chickens and horses. Explain to students that many animals are born during the spring, and invite students to pretend to be these animals with animal masks and costumes.