a package for Kim. Kim is very excited! What is inside the box? Grandma sent Kim a beautiful umbrella! When it rains, the umbrella keeps Kim and Carrots dry. Kim draws a thank-you picture for Grandma . . . and puts it in the mailbox. A FIRST CONCEPT Magic Rain by Charles Ghigna Art by Luciana Navarro Powell
Window Watching by Cindy Breedlove Art by Hsinping Pan
I look out the window, see clouds in the sky
And pink flowers blooming and birds flying by. It’s pretty, but it’s not what I want to see. I’m watching for Grandpa who’s coming for me. Come On, Charley! by Kimberly Long Cockroft N Art by Steve Brown
fall like soft, pink snow, from the branches up above, to the green grass far below. BABYBUG is for babies who love to be read to—and for adults who love to read to them. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of this “spring is here” issue of BABYBUG.
1. Pinwheel: Even though spring breezes can’t how shiny the wet leaves look and smell how fresh the air be seen, picked up, or touched, you can help your child is. And be sure to join in the fun of some old-fashioned explore and understand them. Watch the world together. puddle jumping. It’s spring! What’s the wind moving today? Is the grass rippling? Are clouds drifting? What else do you and your child see? 3. Cherry Blossoms: Babies and toddlers are fascinated Where will breezes carry bubbles or dandelion seeds? Play by anything they can see or touch: tree bark, leaves, hide-and-seek with the wind by hiding behind something soft grass, and even flowers drifting from above. Talk that blocks it—then jump out into the breeze again. about what catches your child’s interest, and then make a simple texture collage together. Peel the backing off 2. Come On, Charley!: Did it rain today? Pull out those some self-adhesive shelf paper and stick leaves, pebbles, boots,putonthoseraincoats,and,likeCharley’s family,takea or maybe even cherry blossoms on it. walk together. Opportunities for your child to learn through – Sally Nurss, M.Ed. his or her senses are as close as the nearest sidewalk: see
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