How to Welcome Spring: Books and Ideas for Children

The chirping of swallows returning from the south, the scent of blossoming trees, and the gentle warmth of the sun on your skin: spring brings many gifts, a season of great changes that enchants both adults and children with its colours and fragrances. In this article, we want to suggest some ways to celebrate the arrival of the beautiful season and explain spring to children, highlighting all the changes that occur during this colourful period.

Experiences to Teach Children About Spring

Field flowers, blue skies, colourful butterflies, trees with bright foliage, and spotted ladybirds – spring seems tailor-made to stimulate children’s imagination. In this rich season, they can observe the constant changes of nature with their own eyes. A simple walk in a park or the woods, an afternoon in the garden, or a trip to the farmer can help explain spring to children and show them the wonders nature offers during this season. Here are some simple activities to celebrate the arrival of spring with the whole family:

• A Flower Catalogue: Equip yourselves with a guide to your local flora and set off through the woods (or the park) with the goal of identifying as many flowers as possible. This way, your children will spend hours looking around and appreciating the plants’ work, which gifts us their magnificent blooms every year.

• At the Farm: Spring is not only about flowers and bees; many fruits and vegetables are typical of these months. Asparagus, strawberries, radishes, peas, cherries… the choice is vast! Use these sunny days to take the children to see where their food comes from: it’s a great opportunity to teach them about seasonality and, why not, cook a colourful lunch together. This is an excellent way to teach children about spring!

• The Busy Bees: Spring is the peak season for the industrious bees, who pollinate flowers and collect everything needed to make honey. Increasingly threatened by pesticides and industrial farming, it’s important for children to learn to know and respect them. Participating in an educational day organised by a local apiary can be both fun and instructive.

Illustrated Books About Spring

Reading together is a timeless activity suitable for any season. There is no better way to celebrate spring than with a good book and an afternoon spent under a blossoming tree. Here is a selection of books perfect for introducing children to spring:

• Spring: This children’s book features a little robin ready to take flight, observing animals awakening after the long winter hibernation. The book is illustrated delicately, enriched on every page with iridescent details, and explains the changing of the seasons through the observation of nature.

• Life: This picture book is ideal for teaching children about spring. Through die-cut pages, the youngest can discover the teeming life of the meadow and observe the insects waking up in spring.

• Bee: As mentioned, bees play a crucial role for nature and humans. This illustrated spring book helps children discover the key role of bees, flying alongside the little protagonist among orchard flowers to uncover one of nature’s most astonishing secrets.

• Nature, My Friend: Many small creatures live in nature, often unnoticed, but they have busy days: from hardworking ants to gentle ladybirds, from caterpillars about to become butterflies to colourful little birds. With this colourful flower-shaped book, children discover nature’s small creatures and learn to recognise them.

• Stickers and Activities. The Garden: This activity book for the youngest is full of colouring pages, mazes, stickers, and many curiosities about meadow creatures. It helps children explore nature, learn basic concepts, and develop manual skills.

May this spring bring not only the rebirth of nature but also joy and wonder to the hearts of your little ones. May they run happily through blooming meadows, breathe the fresh air, and discover the beauty of the world around them. Happy spring!