Skip to content
Start My 3 Free Days $0 today · cancel anytime

2nd Grade Seasons Resources

33 2nd grade seasons resources: 23 activities, 6 flash cards, 3 songs and more. How teachers use these

2nd Grade Seasons Resources

33 2nd grade seasons resources: 23 activities, 6 flash cards, 3 songs and more. How teachers use these

Video
Video2nd GradeSeasons 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
Video2nd GradeSeasons 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…

Flash Cards
Flash Cards2nd GradeThanksgiving 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 Cards2nd GradeBirthday 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
Activity2nd GradeFour 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.

Video
Video2nd GradeSeasons Song (MP3)

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

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
Activity2nd GradePlurals Activity

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

Activity
Activity2nd 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
Activity2nd GradeSummer Graphing Activity

This summer graphing activity has children spin, tally and color a bar graph. Made for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan2nd GradeSeasons Lesson Plan

With our Seasons Lesson Plan, you get two Seasons Activities, ten Seasons Worksheets, and four Seasons Flash Card Sets that help you to successfully

Activity
Activity2nd GradeCommon and Proper Nouns Activity

This common and proper nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade students sort snowflake word cards on a winter mat, with a practice page and answer key included for easy checking.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeRaking Leaves Verbs Activity

This raking leaves verbs activity has 1st to 3rd grade children match fall action pictures to verbs in a memory game, then complete sentences. Answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards2nd GradeEarth Day Flash Cards

These earth day flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children name and read 16 picture words about caring for our planet. A practice page and answer key are included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards2nd GradeMother's Day Flash Cards

These Mother's Day flash cards teach 15 holiday words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Workbook
Workbook2nd GradeSeasons of the Year Mini Pack

Using this Seasons of the Year Mini Pack, students learn about Seasons through ten fun worksheets and five activities.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeSweet Summer Treats Money Addition Activity

This Sweet Summer Treats money addition activity has 1st and 2nd grade students count coins and match them to treat prices, then add two prices. A practice page and answer key are included.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeSt. Patrick's Day Writing Activity

This St. Patrick's Day writing activity gives 1st to 3rd grade children prompt cards, shamrock step cards, a story map and themed writing paper so every child can plan and write. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeClassifying Seasons Worksheet

This classifying seasons worksheet has 2nd grade students sort twelve words into winter, spring, summer, and fall, with an answer key included, building careful reading and early science sorting skills.

From our teachers' playbook

Patterns in the sky and the trees

What do 2nd graders learn about seasons?

Second graders go beyond naming the four seasons. They match months to seasons, track weather patterns like temperature and rain, and notice that days are longer in summer and shorter in winter. They learn how plants and animals respond: trees drop leaves, birds migrate, bears hibernate, flowers bloom in spring. They read and write about seasonal changes with real science words. The click is when a child explains why the bird feeder is busy in winter: food is harder to find.

Our favorite ways to teach seasons

Second graders are ready to look for patterns. These moves help them find them.

Sing the year

Start the unit with a seasons song and pause after each verse: what months belong here? What's the weather like? A song gives every kid a shared starting point before the deeper science.

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

Seasons SongTry it withSeasons SongSongsOpen it →

Sort the clues

Give kids picture and word clues like migrating geese, snowfall, budding trees and long sunny days. They sort them into seasons and explain each choice. Explaining "why" turns sorting into science thinking.

Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.

Classifying Seasons WorksheetTry it withClassifying Seasons WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Read about real changes

Pair a short passage about falling leaves with an outdoor observation. Kids answer questions, then find evidence of the same changes outside. Reading plus observing makes the science real.

Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

Falling Leaves Reading Comprehension WorksheetTry it withFalling Leaves Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Questions parents and teachers ask

What do 2nd graders learn about seasons?

They learn the months in each season, seasonal weather patterns and how plants and animals change through the year, like migration and hibernation.

Why do we have seasons?

Earth is tilted, so different parts get more or less direct sunlight as it travels around the sun. Most 2nd graders focus on the patterns; the tilt is explained in more detail in later grades.

How do animals prepare for winter?

Some migrate to warmer places, some hibernate, and others grow thicker fur or store food. Second graders love sorting animals by their winter plan.

How can I teach seasons at home?

Keep a simple weather chart, take a monthly photo of the same tree and talk about how your family's clothes and activities change. Kids learn a lot from watching closely.