800.356.1200 Spring SIGHT Take a walk with your child and snap pictures of objects and scenes that you associate with spring. (Examples: a flower blossoming, a tree budding, green grass, birds, bird nests, baby bunnies, mud puddles, kites flying, raindrops on a windowpane, and so on.) Later, at home, one person chooses a photo and, without identifying the object by name, describes the object. The other draws what is being described and attempts to identify what was in the original photo. Take turns describing and drawing. HEARING Look at a picture of a mockingbird found in a library book or online. Explain that a mockingbird imitates the sounds of other birds it hears. Go outside and listen to the birds. Try to be like a mockingbird and imitate the birds’ songs. To extend this beyond the birds living in your own backyard, visit the websites of the Smithsonian National Zoo (https://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/education/ nasongsexpl.cfm) or the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (www.birds.cornell.edu/Page. aspx%3Fpid%3D1059). Both sites offer recordings of the calls and songs of a wide variety of birds. TASTE Visit a farmers’ market or produce store. Challenge your child to find one fruit and one vegetable she has never tasted before. Prepare the new foods at home. Before tasting them, have everyone predict what they think the food will taste like. After tasting the food, have everyone describe what they tasted and say if it was what they expected. Before describing the tastes, set some ground rules. Ban broad terms such as: delicious, disgusting, yummy, yucky, good, and bad. Model using specific descriptions such as “I think it will taste sweet like carrots.” TOUCH Take a field trip to a petting zoo, a hands-on farm, or an aquarium touch tank. Snap pictures of your child as he pets each of the animals available to touch at that site. As your child touches the animals, have him use words to describe what each animal feels like (bumpy, slimy, etc.). At home, have your child(ren) sort the pictures into groups based on how the animals felt. Which animals were soft? Scratchy? Rough? Bumpy? Slimy? Smooth? Expand the activity with older children by having them describe what they felt with similes. For example: “When I moved my hand in one direction, the horse’s coat felt as smooth as a pane of glass, but when I moved my hand in the other direction, the coat felt as rough as a scrub brush.” Each season stimulates the senses in its own unique way. Try the sensory activities below with your child this spring. See page 2 for additional ideas and spring-themed books to read together. UPSTART ® PROMOTIONS • Seasonal • Learning kgs. 7.29 7.29 7.29 6 303 National Library Week Bookmarks 2" x 6". 200/pkg. 0 Product No. 1 Pkg. 5 Pkgs. P137-4291 $8.99 $8.79 National Library Week Poster 17" x 23". 0 Product No. Price P137-4290 $6.79 Children’s Book Week Bookmarks 2" x 6". 200/pkg. 0 Product No. 1 Pkg. 5 Pkgs. P137-4293 $8.99 $8.79 Children’s Book Week Poster 17" x 23". 0 Product No. Price P137-4292 $6.79 Celebrate Special Events, Seasons and Holidays! Assort bookmarks for quantity pricing. Excludes scratch-and-sniff bookmarks. A Scent for Every Season! New scratch-and-sniff bookmarks are a treat for readers any time of year. 2" x 5". 100/pkg. 0 Product No. 1 Pkg. 5 Pkgs. See Photos $7.59 $7.29 Assort scratch-and-sniff bookmarks for quantity pricing. Seasonal Posters With QR Codes Seasonal posters feature QR codes that patrons can scan with their smartphones to access sensory activities to try at home. 8" x 23". 4/set. 0 Product No. Price P137-6951 $10.89 P137-6944 Winter Pine P137-6945 Spring Grass P137-6946 Summer Suntan Oil P137-6947 Fall Spice See MORE seasonal decor @demco.com/upstart Upstart ® Upstart ® 0302_0303_DemcoP_2019.indd 303 10/17/18 9:54 AM