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Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Seasons Lesson Plan

Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Seasons Lesson Plan

Objective: To learn about the seasons

Message: The four seasons are spring, summer, fall/autumn, and winter.

Book(s):

  • Spring by Sian Smith
  • Spring by Ann Herriges
  • Summer by Sian Smith
  • Summer by Ann Herriges
  • Fall by Sian Smith
  • Fall by Ann Herriges
  • Winter by Sian Smith
  • Winter by Ann Herriges

Music: The Four Seasons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2tV69N0X8k)

Fine Motor Skills:

  • Science page 28
  • Match the Seasons: Trace the Diagonal Lines (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/match-seasons-trace-the-diagonal-lines/)
  • Weather and Seasons Workbook 1 pages 13, 17, 20-22 (http://www.education.com/workbook/weather-seasons-1-workbook/)
  • Weather and Seasons Workbook 2 pages 4, 6-9 (http://www.education.com/workbook/weather-seasons-workbook/)
  • What Do You Wear in the Spring (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/spring-weather-wear-preschool/)
  • What Do You Wear in the Summer (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/summer-weather-wear-preschool/)
  • What Do You Wear in the Fall (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/fall-weather-wear-preschool/)
  • What Do You Wear in the Winter (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/winter-weather-wear-preschool/)

Craft/Activity: Four Seasons Handprint Trees (http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2012/03/learning-about-4-seasons-free-printable.html)

Materials

Directions

  1. Trace your child’s hand and arm on a piece brown paper.
  2. Cut out four brown hand and arm prints.
  3. Glue the brown handprints to the blue paper with the fingers pointing up.
  4. Decorate each handprint for each of the four seasons. (White snow for winter. Light green and pink for spring. Dark green for summer. Red, orange, and yellow for fall.)
  5. Write the name of each season across the top of each handprint tree craft with the black marker.

Cutting Practice: Cut page 49

References

DK Workbooks: Science, Pre-K. 2014. DK Publishing. 978-1-4654-1726-8
Let’s Learn to Cut (2+). 2011. Spectrum Early Years. ISBN 978-1-60996-206-7

Seasons Preschool Activities

Image Credits

Seasons Preschool Activities © 2015 Heather Johnson

Weather Preschool Activities

Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Weather Lesson Plan

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