Seasons

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Preschoolers love learning about the season.  The 4 and 5 Year Curricula contain activities to teach the characteristics, holidays, and activities of each season.  Here are a few ideas to begin.

All Seasons:

4 Year Curriculum Activity:  Create a Four Seasons Wheel using the Four Seasons printables.  Post the finished tree on a wall in a circle adding pictures around it that depict the season.  Place the arrows moving between the seasons.  Also add names or pictures of people whose birthday are in the season.

5 Year Curriculum Activity:
Tree - Paint the child's hand and arm brown.  Press down on a piece of paper.  Roll the arm a little to make the tree trunk bigger.   Allow to dry.  Can also draw around the child's arm and hand on brown paper and cut out.
Spring - Dip a fingertip into pink paint and press on the paper
Summer - Paint the hand green and press on the paper
Fall - Paint the hand orange and press.  Paint the hand yellow and press.  Paint the hand red and press.
Winter - Dip a fingertip into white paint mixed with a small amount of blue and press on the paper.

-  Cut Apart Seasons Printable - Have the child cut on the dotted line and place in order the season trees.

  Create a Circle of Seasons using printables in the 4 Year Curriculum (Weeks 18, 20)

- Look through family scrapbooks and discuss the changes in clothing, grass, trees, and activities as the seasons change

-  Make a Nature Poster - Walk around the neighborhood or park collecting different items from nature.  Back at home, create a poster and glue items on.  Add the title "Our Nature Walk" on the poster.  Allow to dry.

Spring:

Months – March, April, May
Holidays – Easter, Mother’s Day, family birthdays
Weather – Cool, rain
Clothing – Jackets, long sleeve, jeans
Plants – Trees and plants begin to bud, grass turns green, plant garden and new flowers
Animals – Baby animals are born
Activities – Flying kites

K is for Kite: God's Springtime Alphabet

Spring Patterns - Create patterns using the Spring Images.

Spring Poem
by Idalee Vonk

The birds are singing
From above
They tell us of
God's wonderous love.

Summer:

Months – June, July, August
Holidays – Father’s Day, July 4th, family birthdays
Weather – Warm, storms, sunny
Clothing – Shorts, t-shirts, sandals
Plants – Growth, new fruit and vegetables
Activities – Swim, picnics

F Is for Fireflies: God's Summertime Alphabet

Summer Poem
by Idalee Vonk

Flowers are blooming
Summer is here
Just dropping in 
To bring you some cheer

Fall:

Months – September, October, November
Holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, family birthdays
Weather - Cool
Clothing – Jackets, long sleeve, jeans
Plants  The trees' leaves turn colors and fall off, harvest apples
Animals – Migrate, collect food, hibernate

Paint Fall Apples - Take a field trip to the grocery store or an apple orcherd and discuss the different colors of apples.  Compare and contrast the tastes.

P Is for Pumpkin: God's Harvest Alphabet

Winter: