Spring starts in late March in the Northern Hemisphere and in late September in the Southern Hemisphere (on the equinox, a day in which daytime and nighttime are of equal duration).
The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.
Crafts
Make colorful flowers from handprint cut-outs and a paper plate.
You can press and dry delicate flowers and then use them to make beautiful cards and stationery.
A beautiful card for Spring.
An easy-to-make Spring hat.
Simple paper flowers made from a child’s handprint.
Make tiny eggshell plant pots for Easter and grow tiny plants.
Make a bouquet of delicate eggshell tulips for Easter, using eggshells (or foam egg carton sections) and pipe cleaners.
This simple paper craft made from a child’s handprint, paint or markers, and construction paper makes a great gift for a birthday or Mother’s Day.
Simple to make. Cut 3 pieces of felt and slip them together - no sewing and no gluing!
Make a huge dinosaur egg that you can decorate and later hatch.
Make animal crafts from egg cartons and pipe cleaners. Make a ladybug, spider, a bat, a caterpillar, and a camel.
Make a butterfly wand with a popsicle stick, a pipe cleaner and a coffee filter.
Make a beautiful window hanging using waxed paper, crayon shavings, spring flowers, and pictures.
Make a really simple bird feeder from a pine cone.
Make cute paper flowers to decorate the end of your pencil.
Make little candy bird nest treats.
A simple-to-make duck.
Spring Books to Print
A short, printable picture dictionary of spring words – for early readers. The student cuts out the pages, staples them together, then writes each word in the tiny book. The words are: butterfly, caterpillar, frog, grass, ladybug, nest, rain, rainbow, robin, tadpole, and tulip.
A short, printable picture dictionary for spring – for early readers. Color, cut and paste the pictures in the right places. Then write the words under the pictures. Cut out each page and staple them together (in the right order) to make a tiny book. The words are: butterfly, caterpillar, frog, grass, ladybug, nest, rain, rainbow, robin, tadpole, and tulip.
A tiny, printable book about simple words related to spring– for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: egg, tulip, robin, daffodil, butterfly, showers, and “Can you think of another spring word?”
A Spring activity book for early readers with connect the dots, color by number, solve a maze, fill in the missing letters, match the butterflies, finish the drawing, and unscramble words.
A Spring colors book for early readers with letters to fill in and sentences to copy.
A Spring counting book for early readers on the numbers 1 to 10.
A signs of Spring book for early readers, with pages on a bird, flower, bunny, caterpillar, butterfly, tadpole, frog, egg, and rainbow.
A short spring question book for early readers with pages to color and sentences to finish – circle the right word to finish the sentence.
A short printable book for early readers about colors. The pages are: This butterfly is blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, stripes, and dots.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
A butterfly and caterpillar book you can print out and color.
A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).
A bird coloring book you can print out and color in.
A simple egg-shaped coloring book about eggs to print (for early readers). Pages on the robin, chicken, peafowl, goose, emu, ostrich and and Sauropod dinosaur egg. Each page is a different size.
I can draw an egg that is blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, with stripes, or with dots.
Count the eggs from one to eleven.
Count the colorful eggs from one to eleven, with the colors blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, white, and colorful.
A short, printable book about simple prepositions for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, objects to color, and a short phrase to copy (like, “The bird is under the cloud.”). The prepositions include: over, under, near, through, away from, toward, and around.
A short, printable book for early readers, about colorful birds and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.
A short, printable book for early readers about the colors and flowers, featuring a yellow daffodil, purple crocus, white lily, red tulip, pink rose, blue bluebells, and a green bud.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a frog, with pages on the eggs, tadpole, tadpole with legs, froglet, and adult frog.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.
A short, printable book about fractions of spring items, including butterflies, birds, eggs, caterpillars, flowers, tadpoles, frogs, ducks, and rabbits.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the germination and early growth of a bean seed.
Drawing Worksheets
Use a pencil to trace the butterfly or cut it out with a scissors. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).
Draw four spring items. Below each object, write its name.
Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. The spring pictures are an egg, butterfly, tulip, and tadpole. Or go to the answers
Draw two butterflies and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, “Which butterfly would fly better?”
Draw and color butterflies according to simple directions, such as, “Finish drawing the butterfly in the center square; color it green.” Or go to the answers.
Draw a picture of a spring scene and write about it.
Draw a picture of your favorite thing about spring. What is the best thing about this season?
Spring: Illustrated Acrostic Poem
Draw a Spring scene, then write an acrostic poem about it. Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or go to a pdf of the poem.
Flowers: Illustrated Acrostic Poem
Draw a picture of flowers, then write an acrostic poem about them. Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or go to a pdf of the poem.
Spring: Draw and Write 3 Things
Draw three things you might see or do in the spring and write about each of them. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.
Spelling Worksheets
Circle the correct spelling of Spring words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.
Match 10 Spring vocabulary words to their pictures. The words are: egg, butterfly, umbrella, baseball, frog, bee, rabbit, bird, rain, rainbow. Or go to the answers.
Fill in the missing words in the text given a picture prompt, using the spring word bank. The words are: baseball, bunny, egg, frog, rain, rainbow, robin, tadpole, tulip, umbrella. Go to the answers.
Make a spring word wheel using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, eight spring words are formed, one at a time: tulip, showers, rainbow, rabbit, butterfly, robin, frog, and egg. The student then writes down the word wheel words and other spring words.
Find the missing lettters in winter words, and then color the picture of the word. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.
Unscramble the Spring words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.
Find eight spring-related words. Sample answers: bud, bloom, flower, egg, rain, puddle, umbrella, grass.
Label the pictures of 10 signs of Spring on this worksheet. The words are: butterfly, frog, umbrella, egg, rabbit, bee, baseball, bird, rainbow, rain (no word bank). Go to the answers.
Label the spring words in English, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make spring-related spelling words. Words: blossom, butterfly, caterpillar, daffodil, eggs, flowers, rabbit, robin, showers, tulips, umbrella. Or go to the answers.
Find the words in the Spring wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” Or go to the answers.
Find the words in the flower wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: “Pretty flower.” Or go to the answers.
Find the words in the butterfly wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: “Butterflies are flying insects.” Or go to the answers.
Put 10 flower words in alphabetical order. The words are:aster, carnation, daffodil, daisy, lilac, lily, peony, rose, tulip, zinnia. Go to the answers.
Put 10 Spring words in alphabetical order. The words are: bloom, butterfly, egg, flower, grass, rain, rainbow, robin, spring, umbrella. Go to the answers.
Write plural spring nouns for tulip, crocus, butterfly, rainbow, grass, sprout, egg, bloom, robin, umbrella. Then rewrite each sentence with the underlined noun made into a plural – baby, blossom, puddle, tadpole, frog, bird, chick. Or go to the answers.
Put two words together to make compound words. Or go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet and answers (subscribers only).
Draw a line from the word of the left to the word on the right that make a Spring-related compound word. Words: rainbow, bluebird, buttercup, snowmelt, sunshine, thunderstorm, grasshopper, bullfrog, flowerbed, springtime. Or go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet and answers.
Write five adjectives describing the following Spring-related nouns: rain, umbrella, tulip, egg.
Write 5 spring words for each category. The categories include: Spring Holidays, Spring Activities, Spring Clothing, Spring Symbols, Spring Food, Spring Birthdays, Spring Weather, and Miscellaneous Spring words. Or go to sample answers.
See if you can think of and write down a spring word for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.
These worksheets on elementary vocabulary have the student do an in-depth examination of a word that the teacher supplies. The student defines the word, uses the word in a sentence, identifies which part of speech it is, draws a picture that exemplifies the word, determines how many syllables it has, finds rhyming words, supplies synonyms and antonyms, etc. Pick a spring-related word for a fun spelling activity.
Writing Worksheets
Spring: Illustrated Acrostic Poem
Draw a Spring scene, then write an acrostic poem about it. Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or go to a pdf of the poem.
Write a poem about spring. Start each line with a letter from the word “spring.”
Write a poem about flowers. Start each line with a letter from the word “flowers.”
Flowers: Illustrated Acrostic Poem
Draw a picture of flowers, then write an acrostic poem about them. Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or go to a pdf of the poem.
Write a story about the picture showing a flock of birds flying in a vee-shaped formation.
Write a story about the picture showing a bird feeding a hatchling in a nest containing eggs.
Write a story about the picture showing the stages in a frog’s development, from egg to tadpole to froglet to frog.
Write a story about the picture showing a growing daffodil, rain, and bees.
Draw a picture of a spring scene and write about it.
Draw a picture of your favorite thing about spring. What is the best thing about this season?
Write a poem about things you say hello to and things you say goodbye to when Spring comes. Start each line with Hello or Goodbye.
Write a poem about how Spring affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Spring looks like, Spring sounds like, Spring feels like, Spring smells like, and Spring tastes like.
In this worksheet, the student is given a series of short answers. For each answer, the student writes an appropriate question.
A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about Spring (plus one thing you would like to change).
Spring
For each letter of the word “spring,” find words and phrases that are related to or remind you of spring. Think of as many as you can.
Color the picture of the butterfly, then write 5 facts and 5 opinions about butterflies. A fact is supported by evidence and can be proven; an opinion is how you feel about something and is open to debate. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).
Match the words to make spring-related alliterations, then unscramble the words to make more alliterations. Or go to sample answers.
Spring: Draw and Write 3 Things
Draw three things you might see or do in the spring and write about each of them. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.
Write a poem about rain. Start each line with a letter from the word “RAIN.”
Write a poem about the rain inside the picture. Or go to a pdf of the poem worksheet.
Write a poem inside the egg. Or go to a pdf of the poem worksheet.
Write a poem around the perimeter (outer edges) of the egg. Or go to a pdf of the poem worksheet.
Write adjectives describing rain in and around the rain and clouds. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.
Finish the ten spring alliterations, then write five alliterations related to spring. Sample answers: spring has sprung, frightened frogs, green grass, floppy flowers, baby birds, edible eggs, crisp crocus, growing greenery, rough rain, beautiful butterflies.
Math and Sorting
Color and then count the plain, speckled, striped, and starred eggs. Go to the answers.
Sort by color, count, and graph your jellybeans.
Use the alphabet to find the secret Spring message. Answer: “April showers bring May flowers.”
Use the alphabet code to find the DST-related sentence. Answer: “Spring forward, fall back.”
A Spring counting book for early readers on the numbers 1 to 10.
Count the eggs from one to eleven.
Count the colorful eggs from one to eleven, with the colors blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, white, and colorful.
A short, printable book for early readers, about colorful birds and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.
A short, printable book about fractions of spring items, including butterflies, birds, eggs, caterpillars, flowers, tadpoles, frogs, ducks, and rabbits.
Miscellaneous
Print your own flowery Spring stationery.
Think about how the first pair of words are related to each other. Then, look at the next word and find the word that is related to it in the same way. Mark the answer. Example: rain –> water : hail –> cloud, cold, ice, snow, icy. Or go to the answers.
Draw lines between the eggs that have the same number of dots. Or go to the answers.
A printable worksheet on which senses we use to examine objects, with a chart to fill in. Describe how you sense each object. If you don’t use a sense for an object, put an “X” in that box. Objects: tadpole, flowers, rain, rainbow, and pick another Spring object.
Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on butterflies.
Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on eggs.
Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on flowers.
Spring Words in Many Languages
Label the spring words in Arabic, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Label the spring words in Dutch, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Match 10 Spring words to their pictures. The words are: l’oeuf/egg, le papillon/butterfly, le parapluie/umbrella, le base-ball/baseball, la grenouille/frog, l’abeille/bee, le lapin/rabbit, l’oiseau/bird, la pluie/rain, l’arc-en-ciel/rainbow. Or go to the answers.
Label the spring words in French, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Match 10 German Spring words to their pictures. The words are: das Ei/egg, der Schmetterling/butterfly, der Regenschirm/umbrella, der Baseball/baseball, der Frosch/frog, die Biene/bee, das Kaninchen/rabbit, der Vogel/bird, der Regen/rain, der Regenbogen/rainbow. Or go to the answers.
Label the spring words in German, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Label the spring words in Italian, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Label the spring words in Portuguese, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Label the spring words in Spanish, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain.
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Match 10 Spanish spring words to their pictures. The words are: el huevo/egg, la mariposa/butterfly, el paraguas/umbrella, la pelota de béisbol/baseball, la rana/frog, la abeja/bee, el conejo/rabbit, el pájaro/bird, la lluvia/rain, el arco iris/rainbow. Or go to the answers.
The Seasons
A coloring page of the seasons (for younger students).
Read about why the Earth has seasons (for older students).
A 10-question quiz on why the Earth has seasons (for older students). Or go to the answers.
A fill-in-the-blanks activity on the year, seasons, months, weeks, days, and hours. Or go to the answers.