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Seasons Resources

79 seasons resources: 40 activities, 33 worksheets, 11 assessments and more. How teachers use these

Seasons Resources

79 seasons resources: 40 activities, 33 worksheets, 11 assessments and more. How teachers use these

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeAll About Autumn Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The All About Autumn Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 1st graders a short fall passage and multiple-choice questions to build reading comprehension. An answer key is included for quick, no-prep practice at home or school.

Video
VideoPreschoolSeasons Song (Animated Music Video)

While listening to the Seasons Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about the seasons of the year while listening to a catchy song. Here we go, oh, seasons of the year! Your kids will be singing this song about the seasons over and over. Bring joy into your classroom with…

Video
VideoPreschoolSeasons Song

The Seasons Song by Have Fun Teaching is perfect for teaching and learning all about the seasons of the year. This is a fun way for kids to learn the seasons. With this seasons song, your kids can learn about Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. While listening to the Seasons…

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeSeasons of the Year Matching Worksheet

A colorful seasons of the year matching worksheet where 1st graders match spring, summer, fall, and winter to pictures, then write each season from a clue. Answer key included — perfect for no-prep science practice.

Worksheet
Worksheet5th GradeSeasonal Tilt Worksheet

This Seasonal Tilt Worksheet asks 5th graders to read an Earth and Sun orbit diagram, name the season at four positions, and explain what causes the change. Answer key included for fast, confident grading.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsPreschoolThanksgiving Flash Cards

These Thanksgiving flash cards give preschool through 2nd grade children 18 self-checking picture and word cards for building holiday vocabulary. A card list answer key is included.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsPreschoolBirthday Flash Cards

These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenSnowman Cut Outs

This snowman cut outs worksheet gives kindergarten students four bold snowman shapes to color and cut out, building fine motor skills while making a cheerful winter craft for cards or bulletin boards.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenAll About Summer Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This All About Summer reading comprehension worksheet pairs a short, sunny passage with four picture-friendly questions and a beach scene to color. Includes an answer key—perfect for kindergarten reading practice at home or school.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenFour Seasons Activity

This four seasons activity has children sort 12 picture cards and play a spinner game. Made for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeTime for Fall Rebus Worksheet

This Time for Fall Rebus Worksheet gives 1st graders an autumn story to read aloud, with pictures standing in for tree, leaf, sun, and apple. An answer key is included for quick fluency practice.

Video
VideoPreschoolSeasons Song (MP3)

While listening to the Seasons Song (MP3), students learn about the seasons of the year while listening to a catchy song.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeFour Seasons - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Four Seasons Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 1st grade readers a short seasons passage and five questions to answer. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep comprehension practice.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeSeasons of the Year Sentences Worksheet

This seasons of the year sentences worksheet invites 1st Grade writers to study a picture of spring, summer, fall and winter and write one complete sentence about each season.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeSummer Writing Paper

This Summer Writing Paper gives 1st grade writers a prompt about their best summer day and ten full-width rules at first grade spacing. A no-prep page for journals, holiday writing or a quiet morning.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsPreschool4th Of July Clip Art

This 4th of July clip art activity gives Preschool to 1st Grade children 15 fold-over picture cards, a card hunt game and a practice page, with an answer key included, to build holiday vocabulary.

Assessment
Assessment2nd GradeFalling Leaves Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Falling Leaves Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade readers a short nonfiction passage about how a maple tree changes in autumn, four comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and an answer key.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenShort Vowel Pumpkin Patch Activity

This short vowel pumpkin patch activity helps K-1st grade children hear short a, e, i, o and u sounds with a fall picture sort and recording page. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity1st GradeMonths of the Year Activity

This months of the year activity is a picture card game for 1st and 2nd grade: put the months in order and sort them by season, with a practice page. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity1st GradePlurals Activity

Using Plurals Activity, students add the proper word ending to make a plural noun for correct usage in writing.

From our teachers' playbook

Winter, spring, summer, fall, and why

What do kids learn about seasons?

Young kids learn the four seasons in order and what each one brings: snow, new buds, hot days and falling leaves. They match clothing, weather and activities to each season and connect the seasons to the months of the year. Older kids learn the reason behind them. The Earth is tilted, so as it travels around the sun, each half takes a turn leaning toward the sun and getting more direct light and longer days. It's a common surprise that seasons are not caused by Earth getting closer to the sun. The click is when kids realize it's summer in Australia while we're building snowmen.

Our favorite ways to teach seasons

Seasons are something kids live through every year. These moves help them notice and explain it.

Sing the cycle

A seasons song makes the order stick: winter, spring, summer, fall, and around again. Sing it every morning during the unit and have kids point to a seasons wheel as they sing. Even your youngest learners will have it in a week.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Tilt the globe

Darken the room, shine a flashlight on a globe, and walk it around the "sun" keeping the tilt the same. Kids watch which half gets the direct light. Then they label the tilt on a diagram. Seeing it first makes the explanation make sense.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Draw all four

Fold paper into four boxes and have kids draw the same tree in every season. Then they label what changes: leaves, weather, clothes. One tree, four pictures, and the whole cycle is in their hands.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Seasons: your questions

What causes the seasons?

The tilt of the Earth's axis. As the Earth orbits the sun, the half tilted toward the sun gets more direct sunlight and longer days, which makes summer. The half tilted away has winter.

What order do the seasons go in?

Winter, spring, summer and fall (also called autumn), then back to winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, winter starts in December and summer starts in June.

Are the seasons the same everywhere?

No. The Southern Hemisphere has opposite seasons, so when it's winter in the United States, it's summer in Australia. Places near the equator have warm weather all year and often have rainy and dry seasons instead.

What grade learns about the seasons?

Preschool and kindergarten kids name the seasons and describe their weather. In the upper elementary grades, kids learn that the Earth's tilt and orbit cause the seasons.

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