Materials
Poster board in blue, yellow, orange and green Old magazines
Old greeting cards Scissors
Glue Large coffee can
Blue construction paper Rulers
Felt markers Crayons
Seasonal stickers White paper
Paints
Instructions
1. Make and display posters depicting the four seasons. The class can make these easily fromposter board, blue for winter, yellow for summer, orange for autumn and green for spring (orlet the children decide which color will make a good background for each season). Cut picturesfrom old magazines or greeting cards to paste on the poster boards or let the childrencolor pictures depicting various "seasonal" activities and celebrations. You can make attractiveedges for your posters from wallpaper sample books or construction paper. The postersmake a wonderful group project for the class.
2. Using a large coffee can or something similar in diameter, pre-cut large circles from blueconstruction paper. With rulers and black felt markers, show the children how to mark offfour sections on the circle. The children can use the crayons or markers to illustrate one seasonin each section any way they wish, or let them put stickers of the four seasons in eachlabeled section. Also, you can cut circle shapes from white paper and divide them, as above,into four sections with a ruler and pen. This time thechildren can paint seasonal colors in each section, forexample, white and gray or blue for winter; pink and greenor pastels for spring; orange, yellow and brown for autumn; and yellow andgold for summer.More to doField trip: Explore the seasons more by traveling to your local library to find music, books andstories that illustrate each season.
