Seasonal transportation movement (this could be a full activity or a body break)
- Have the children mimic different styles of transportation depending on the season (ex: swimming in summer or skiing in winter).
- Have them observe how the different movements make them feel. Ex: is it funny trying to swim on land? Ski without snow? Run in the snow? Etc.
- Ponder which transportation method do they like the most? Which is the most effective? Do you need gear?
Seasonal queries/preferences
- Designate a corner of the room or ideally the outdoor area to each season.
- Ask the students questions and get them to move to the corner they think the answer is. Questions like:
- When do most animals have babies?
- When do we see the most flowers?
- When do we go back to school?
- When do leaves fall?
- When do bears hibernate? (do other animals hibernate)
- When are the days the longest? The shortest?
- When is it typically the hottest? Coldest? Raniest? Snowiest? Sunniest? Etc.
- At the end ask children to move to the corner to show which season is their least favourite, and favourite.
Art project – Same object, four seasons
- What would the same object/being look like in the four seasons (this could be done with a template of an object/being or completely freehand)
Drawing of a Tree/building/child/bear/flower/etc. IN WINTER | Drawing of a Tree/building/child/bear/flower/etc. IN SUMMER |
Drawing of a Tree/building/child/bear/flower/etc. IN SPRING | Drawing of a Tree/building/child/bear/flower/etc. IN FALL |
Seasonal Observation
- Find a bush/tree/plant/bird nest/etc. to observe with your students over the course of the year.
- Notice/describe/draw weather changes in relation to this object/being
- Have the students sit with this being and be present with it.
- Does our responsibility to this being/object and the wider environment change with the season?