🌱 The spring season gets its name from the verb "spring." It's a nod to the flowers and plants springing up, springing open, and bursting into blossom.
🐣 The word itself comes from the Old English word "springan," which means "to leap, burst forth, fly up; spread, grow."
🌸 During the 14th century, the word came to describe the spring season, the time when plants wake from their winter sleep and bloom.
🌅 Before that, the word "Lent" was used to describe the season: "In the past it was the main word for ‘spring.' Lent surfaced as ‘lencten,' that is, ‘lengten': the season got its name because in spring days lengthen." (full article here)
Teaching the Iditarod is GREAT for March, when everyone has cabin fever. It works with subject areas and age groups. Who doesn't love a cross-country dog sled race?! This blog post from Education World provides a multitude of fun lesson plans.
