Lions and Lambs: a March Unit Study
You remember the old weather saying March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb!. The winds of March encourage an exploration of contrasts. From fierce gales to gentle breezes, pelting rains to soft mist. March is the time of transition from winter to spring.
Lions and lambs also invite comparison. Lions are called the king of beasts, the predators at the top of the food chain. Lambs blindly follow the herd and can easily become the lion's prey.
Using this theme of contrast lions and lambs will unite this Unit Study as we learn to read, write, understand numbers, sing, play and explore Lions and Lambs.
Lion and Lamb Table of Contents
- Lion and Lamb Language Arts
- Baby Lamb's First Drink
- Stories for a Windy Day in March
- Lion and Lamb Math
- Lion and Lamb Math Activities
- Lion and Lamb Social Studies
- Weather Around the World
- Lion and Lamb Science
- The Lion brings the Sharp Biting Wind
- Lion and Lamb Art
- Lion and Lamb Music
- Lion and Lamb Health and Fitness
- Hands-on Learning
- The Lions and Lambs are on RedGage!
- Roar about Lions
- About the Author of this Lion and Lamb Lens
Lion and Lamb Language Arts
Lion and Lamb Poems
The Senegal Lion and Lioness
Specht, Friedrich
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Thank you Joyce for permission to reprint this poem about the windy March weather.
You might copy and laminate picture of the animals and other things found in this poem and ask the children to attach them to the words that they represent. Once most of the children are able to find the words, this can be used as a learning center.
- March - Lion and Lamb (poem) by Joyce P. Hale
- MARCH has tumbled on the scene,
exits mild, but enters mean...
Winter waves a fierce goodbye,
while robins promise Spring is nigh.
Daffodils are peeking through...
forsythia is budding, too.
Clouds are racing, sun is cool,
in like a lion is the rule!
Birds all seem to know it's time
to answer Mother Nature's sign;
they listen to an innate command,
and there goes March, out like a lamb.
© Joyce P. Hale
Baby Lamb's First Drink
Baby Lamb
Here is a wonderful little book for learning how to read with a story that is simple, beautiful pictures and only a few words per page. Don't miss itl-
Baby Lamb's First Drink
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It is spring. The pastures are green and lambing season is upon us. The baby lamb has just been born and the mother ewe is carefully looking after her baby. With beautiful illustrations and simple words, Beverley Randall tells the tale of a baby lam...
Stories for a Windy Day in March
Days of Lions and Lambs
Like a Windy Day
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Rainy, Windy, Snowy, Sunny Days: Linking Fiction to Nonfiction
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A Windy Day
The whimsical tale of a three-year-old girl who goes with her family to the park for a picnic on a windy day.
The wind delights the girl with many unpredictable surprises.
Finally, the wind reveals its generosity by presenting the girl with a pretty green leaf.
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Lion and Lamb Math
Lions in the Sheep Pasture
Math Workjobs
Mathmat Pastures
A green placemat or a piece of green felt glued onto coverstock works well as a pasture.
Lions and Lambs
Lima Beans make wonderful lions and lambs. The Lima Beans are spray painted yellow on one side and left to dry. Features can be added with black permanent marker once the paint has dried. Hairspray works as a fixative.
Entertaining with Caspari Set of 12 Crepe Placemats, Nile Green
A green placemat makes a wonderful mathmat when counting sheep.
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Lima Beans, Large, 1 lb.
Spray paint the Lima Beans and turn them into sheep.
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RUSTOLEUM 1941830 SPRAY GLOSS PAINT WARM YELLOW PAINTERS TOUCH SIZE:12 OZ. SPRAY.
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Lion and Lamb Math Activities
Lions and Lambs
Using 5 lion and lamb Lima Beans:
1. Shake the lions and lambs in your hand and spill them out onto the Mathmat Pasture.
2. Write the number of lions and the number of lambs.
3. Add the numbers together.
ie: 2+3=50 points
Skip Counting Lions and Lambs
Restuccia III
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Skip count the pads on a lion's paws or the hoofs on lambs by 4's.
L is for Lamb
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Baby Lamb's First Drink
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It is spring. The pastures are green and lambing season is upon us. The baby lamb has just been born and the mother ewe is carefully looking after her baby. With beautiful illustrations and simple words, Beverley Randall tells the tale of a baby lam...
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Skip Count, Skip Count, Count by Two's
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Skip Counting is what you do when you count by 10's, 5's or 2's. All young children learn to Skip Count but did you realize that this is one of the beginning steps to learning multiplication. This lens has rhymes, songs and activities for teaching S...
Lion and Lamb Social Studies
Friendshop: Accepting Differences
LION AND LAMB (Bank Street Ready-to-Read/Level 3)
Lamb sees through the fierce reputation of her friend Lion and recognizes him for the gentle being he really is
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Weather Around the World
Geography in the Month of March
Full-Length Portrait in Studio of a Young Japanese Girl in a Traditional Costume Worn on Windy Days
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How do the winds of the Lion and the Lamb effect other places in the world?
On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather
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Lion and Lamb Science
Comparing Lions and Lambs
The Predator and the Prey
Serengeti Lion
Paul, Jeremy
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When you compare a lions teeth with that of the sheep or the claws of the lion compared to the hoofs of the sheep, how has each species adapted to it's role as a predator or prey?\
Ask one of the children to bring in a pet cat. Gently examine the body of a feline. Look at it's claws, teeth, and position of it's eyes. Watch the way it moves around the room.
Then go to a farm or petting zoo and examine a sheep.
Make notes of the similarities and differences.
Eye Wonder: Big Cats (Eye Wonder)
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Your Sheep: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing
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The Lion brings the Sharp Biting Wind
The Lamb brings the Gentle Breezes
Feel the Wind (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
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Weather Graphing Pocket Chart
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WEATHER SYMBOLS/MINI VARIETY PACK C A MINI ACCENTS
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Lion and Lamb Art
Lion and Lamb Craft Projects
Kids Celebrate!: Activities for Special Days Throughout the Year
Make paper bag lions and lambs for March.
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Lion and Lamb Paper Bag Craft Project
- Lion and Lamb Paper Bag Craft Project
- Tips: The lamb head used for this puppet also works to make a journal or book for students' artwork or writing.
Instructions:
1. Cut White lamb's head.
2. Line head in Black and color nose Black.
3. Glue to bottom of paper bag.
4. Color eyes with Black marker. Dot eyes with White paint.
5. Chalk ears and cheeks.
Lion and Lamb Music
Songs of Lions and Lambs
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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Singalong Songs: Singalong Sticker Activity Book (Stickalong)
Includes: In the Jungle the Lion Sleeps Tonight
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Lion and Lamb Health and Fitness
Lions and Lambs stay Physically Fit
Tag games with Lions and Lambs
Sheep Lambs and a Couple of Crows
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Gather a group of children. One child is picked to be the first lion. All the others are sheep. As the lion tags a sheep it becomes a lion. The game ends when all the sheep have become lions.
- Lion and Lamb Tag
- Gather everyone into a circle. Pass out two blindfolds. One player is the lion and the other player is the Lamb. Whenever the lion roars the lamb must baah. When the lion catches the lamb the game stops and the lion picks another lamb. The former lamb then becomes the lion.
"March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb!"
Lions and Lambs
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- ChineseKitesforKids ChineseKitesforKids Sep 2, 2009 @ 11:55 am
- I was thinking the same thing that Jimmie said, the Lion and the Lamb hold such special meaning to me too. Great lesson. 5*****
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- sandyspider sandyspider Apr 2, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
- Great lions and lambs. But I have to say that our March came in like a lion and left like a lion.
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- a_willow a_willow Apr 2, 2009 @ 4:29 am
- You wouldn't mind me rolling this to Creative Easter Resources, right?! ;) Good job Evelyn!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Apr 2, 2009 @ 2:37 am
- I adore cats of all kinds, so lions are a favorite!
As a Christian the lion and the lamb holds special symbolism. Jesus is both he Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb that was slain.
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