March 27 is the anniversary of the gift of 3000 cherry trees from the Mayor of Tokyo City to the city of Washington D.C. in 1927. These little readers focus on the Cherry Blossom Life Cycle and Cherry Blossoms in Washington.
Cherry blossom life cycle
These beautiful white or pink flowers only bloom for a short period and are the national flower of Japan. They remind us of the beauty and fragility of life.
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- Cherry Blossom Life Cycle
- Stage 1: I can see buds.
- Stage 2: I can see florets.
- Stage 3: The buds are swelling.
- Stage 4: The stalks are getting longer.
- Stage 5: The flowers are blooming.
- Stage 6: The petals are falling.
- Cherry blossoms. Symbols of life.
The Washington cherry blossom festival
Washington has thousands of cherry trees planted around the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, Hains Point and on the Washington Monument grounds. Every spring over a million visitors come to the festival. If you want more information here’s their official website.
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- Cherry blossoms in Washington
- In 1912, as a sign of friendship,
- Japan sent 3000 cherry trees to America.
- The first tree was planted by the First Lady, Helen Taft*,
- along the north bank of the Tidal Basin. (*The Japanese Ambassador’s wife, Viscountess Chinda, planted the second tree.)
- Each spring over a million people visit to see the cherry blossoms
- around the Capitol and Memorial buildings.
- They remind us of friendship and the beauty of life.
Preparing these books
There are full picture instructions in the download (below).
Once you’ve printed off the pages you want to use you just need one slit cut in the middle of the page, then folded on the lines to create tiny pages.
One sheet of paper makes one 8-page book.
Download your free readers
Click on the following highlighted link for your CHERRY BLOSSOM EARLY READERS. They will immediately be sent to your downloads folder or other device equivalent.
Looking for more free readers? Try these.
- Alphabet Books
- Alphabet Activity Books
- Ant Life Cycle: first, next, then
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- Cinderella Readers and Vocabulary Books
- Community Helpers Little Readers
- Easter Early Readers and Bookmarks
- Hot Chocolate Readers
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Thank you so much. This will be a great resource to my President’s Day projects.
I’m so glad you’ll be able to use these books, Karen!