Lesson plan on seasons for preschool: Activities for Exploring the Four Seasons
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This lesson if for a preschool or kindergarten class studying the four seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer) using language arts or as an integrated unit. From this lesson, students will learn about the weather associated with each of the seasons, activities that occur in each of the seasons, and which months fall under each season. You can extend this lesson by doing activities that you have discussed for the season you are currently in. The song will help students reinforce what they have learned about the seasons.
The Four Seasons Lesson Plan PDF
Lesson: The four seasons
Background: This lesson is designed for a Preschool/Kindergarten class studying the four seasons in Language Arts or as part of an integrated unit.
Objectives:
(1)Students will be able to distinguish which characteristics of the weather are associated with each season
(2)Students will be able to determine which season certain activities are limited to.
(3) Students will be able to determine which months fall under each season,
Materials Needed:
bulletin board
colorful cards labeled with the name of each season
pictures of snow, snowmen, heavy coats, ice skates, a flower pot, bathing suits, Thanksgiving turkey,
Halloween, trees with different color leaves, a copy of the song
“What Shall We Do? (Palmer, 1988)
additional pieces of large paper heavy marker.
Procedure:
(1)Begin by finding out what your students already know about the four seasons. (Do they know bow many seasons there are, what the names of the seasons are, about when they fall, what is characteristic of each?) Depending on the depth of responses you receive, restate accurate information, or present it to the class.
(2)Discuss what season each month falls in, how the temperature/weather changes, and what activities tend to take place during the season. If at all possible try to elicit this information from the children rather than giving it all to them (what did you do over the summer, before school started? When it snowed last year?).
(3)Have students move prepared pictures to corresponding area on season bulletin board to demonstrate understanding.
(4)Once this has been covered, ask students to play a game with you. You will think of a season and the children will ask you questions to try to find out what season it is. Once the students seem to understand the game, allow them to think of a season while the rest of the class guesses.
(5)Introduce the song, “What Shall We Do”(Palmer, 1988), to the class, pointing to the words as you sing them. Invite the class to join you as you sing the song 2 more times or until students are familiar with it.
(6)Then ask students to volunteer what they like to do that they really only do during certain seasons (ice skate). Together with the class write at least one new verse for each season. Example: We will skate our figure-eights/ figure eights, figure eights/ we will skate our figure eights/ When we all go out to play.
Assessment:
The first assessment you will do is when you elicit their prior understanding of the seasons and seasonal activates.
Clearly the less they know, the more time you will want to spend on this (perhaps creating a bulletin board with the class1 suggestions), and the more they know the less time you will need to spend as a large group. As students work in their small group you can assess the person picking the season (is he/she answering the questions correctly) and the children trying to guess what season it is.
Rationale for including music: The use of the song in this lesson helps to reinforce the lesson in a fun, creative way. The song allows for endless verses and is “catchy” enough that children are likely to sing it at home, making up new verses with their families The song and the lesson can also be reinforced by singing it again when the season changes, changing the verses to meet the new season.
1. What Shall we do when we all go out
All go out, all go out
What shall we do when we all go out
When we all go out to play
2. We will jump like jumping jacks
Jumping jacks, Jumping jacks
We will jump like jumping jacks
When we all go out to play
!M.
Palmer, MX. Reilly, and C.R. Scott (1988). World of Music (pi 7) Monistown, NJ: Silver
Burdett & Ginn.
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Summary of the lesson “Seasons”
6
Outline of the subgroup development session
visual perception in the preparatory group
on the topic:
“Seasons”
9 0002
Compiled and conducted
teacher-defectologist
Rytova Marina Viktorovna
Nerekhta 2013
900 03 Goal – to consolidate children’s knowledge of times
years, their signs; to systematize children’s ideas about the cyclical nature of time
of the year.
Program tasks:
Educational:
1. Systematize children’s knowledge about seasonal changes in
nature.
2. Fix the names of the months.
3. Learn to guess riddles about the seasons, primroses.
4. Teach children how to understand image noise.
5. Learn to correlate trees and their leaves.
6. Learn to correct mistakes in a painting.
Correction-developing:
establish the simplest causal relationships, learn to analyze and
draw conclusions, make a whole out of parts, learn to guess riddles.
2. Develop visual attention and
perception.
3. Develop children’s speech: develop
the ability to answer questions in full sentences.
4. Develop speech coordination with
movement.
5. To develop the speed and completeness of visual
perception.
6. To develop the eye in children.
7. Develop fine motor skills.
8. Learn to easily navigate the word
teacher.
Educational:
1. Creating a positive emotional
background, benevolence, the ability to see the beauty of nature.
2. Develop communication skills –
Willingness to work together and get results.
3. Cultivate a caring attitude towards nature and its inhabitants.
4. Raise interest and love for nature.
Methods and techniques:
spring
4. Practical
Material: “Four Seasons”,
houses of the seasons “Summer”, “Autumn”, “Winter” “Spring”; pictures-symbols, split
picture “Lay out the snowman” (parts of the snowman), punched cards (transit
birds and houses), riddles about primroses, pictures of “primroses”, a simulator –
track “Plant a butterfly on a flower” (flowers and butterflies made of cardboard of different colors),
“Edible – inedible” (outlines of mushrooms superimposed on each other), “What
the artist mixed up” (picture), labyrinth (help Santa Claus get to
villages), tree leaves: birch, maple, oak, mountain ash, felt-tip pens.
Preliminary work:
1. Acquaintance with the seasons, months.
2. Leaf examination and ratio
them with trees.
3. Guessing riddles about the seasons,
primroses.
4. Learned to identify noisy
images, outline.
5. Performed tasks – labyrinths.
Individually differentiated approach – according to visual diagnosis
children.
900 05
9000 5
Lesson progress:
1.
Organizational moment.
– Guys, today we will go on a trip, but
Our journey will be extraordinary.
We will travel through the seasons. A
help us in this magic clock.
The teacher draws the children’s attention to the diagram TIMES
YEAR “(the circle is divided into four parts, in each quarter of the circle is
symbol of the season and each part is divided into three sectors – months):
– Children, look at this watch. They show all times
years and their months.
– How many seasons are there? (Four)
– Each season has three months, and there are 12 months in total.
Twelve months exactly
Make up a whole year
And they all have their turn.
Only one leaves,
Immediately another comes.
2. Main part
Journey to winter.
– Guess the riddle and you will know
what time of year we will go.
Snow on the fields,
Ice on the rivers,
A blizzard is walking,
When does it happen?
(Winter)
– Correct. Winter begins and ends the year.
Fits the SEASONS scheme and translates
arrow for “winter”
– We are going to visit the winter.
Winter house
– And here is the winter house. (Attach a blue house to the carpet
with windows)
– Guys, name the winter months (December, January, February)
– And now pick up pictures in the winter house that suits
for winter? (Children select pictures-symbols, explain their choice and insert into
boxes corresponding to the pictures.)
Game “Lay out the snowman”
– Now we will collect snowmen. (Children collect
snowmen from parts)
D / and game “Labyrinth”
– A
what kind of holiday is coming up in winter? (New Year), that’s right, comes to
us Santa Claus with gifts. So now we will help Santa Claus to get to the village
and give gifts to children (help Santa Claus get to the village).
Journey to spring.
– What season did we visit? (near winter). A
now fast forward to the next season.
The snow is melting,
The meadow came to life,
The day arrives –
When does it happen? (Spring)
Approaches the SEASONS pattern and moves the hand to
“spring”
SPRING house
– And here is her house.
(attaches to carpet
green house with windows)
– Guys, name the spring months (March, April, May)
– Now pick up pictures in the house that suits
to spring? (Children select pictures-symbols, explain their choice and insert into
boxes corresponding to the pictures.)
Birds and houses game
– Migratory birds return to us in spring. Do you want
see these birds?
Here is a task for you, you need to identify the birds in your houses
(punched cards)
Guessing riddles about primroses.
– In the spring the first flowers appear, as we call them
(primroses). Guess the riddles about flowers, they will grow.
1. He was the first to get out of the ground
On a thawed patch
He is not afraid of frost
Though small (snowdrop)
002 And turned into fluff (dandelion)
3. I’m not famous for flowers
And unusual leaves:
Now hard, cold
Now soft and warm (coltsfoot)
4.
It blooms in May,
You will find him in the shadow of the forest:
On a stalk, like beads in a row,
Fragrant flowers hang. (lily of the valley)
(Children guess riddles, the teacher exposes pictures – flowers:
snowdrop, dandelion, coltsfoot, lily of the valley).
What season did we visit? (in spring). And now
poisoning next time of the year.
Journey into the summer.
“The sun is shining brightly
The air is warm
Wherever you look
Everything around is bright
The meadow is full of colors
Bright flowers
Covered with gold
Dark bushes.”
– What time do you think
years we got?
-Why do you think so? List the signs of summer.
– Well done. I will move the arrow to SUMMER
Approaches the SEASONS scheme and moves the arrow to
“summer”
SUMMER house
– And here is the summer house (attaches to the carpet
red house with windows)
– Guys, name the summer months (June, July, August)
– And now pick up pictures in the house, what happens in summer?
(Children select pictures-symbols, explain their choice and insert into the windows
corresponding pictures.
)
Simulator – track “Plant a butterfly on
flower” Go all to
to me! Here we are in the meadow. Look how many butterflies are here. Plant barrels on flowers like this
the same colors. Everyone in turn
will and hold his finger along the path.
– (Children choose flowers, “Plant” butterflies on them and call them
color).
Confusion game .
The defectologist draws attention to a strange picture that
painted by the artist. Guys, the artist tried to depict the summer, what do you think
did he manage to do it. Did the artist draw everything correctly? Children are considering
picture.
– Defectologist offers to correct mistakes.
What season did we visit? (at summer). And now
poisoning next time of the year.
Journey into autumn.
“The fields are empty, the earth is getting wet,
The forest flies around when it happens”
(In autumn.)
“autumn”
AUTUMN house
yellow house with windows)
– Guys, name the autumn months (September, October, November)
– Now pick up pictures in the house, what happens
autumn? (Children select pictures-symbols, explain their choice and insert into
boxes corresponding to the pictures.
)
Edible-non-edible game
9000 4
90 002
– You can pick mushrooms in the forest in autumn. And who knows what mushrooms
can be collected? (Children call edible and inedible mushrooms)
Look, mushrooms are shown here, you need to circle around
only edible.
Obedient eyes visual gymnastics
– We close our eyes, these are miracles
-Our eyes are resting, doing exercises.
-And now we will open them, we will build a bridge across the river.
– Let’s draw the letter “O”, it turns out easy,
– Raise up, lower down
– Turn right, turn left, start again.
Game “From which tree, which leaf?”
– Our entire poor garden is crumbling,
Yellowed leaves are flying in the wind …
A defectologist scatters leaves and offers them to children
name the one who lifted the leaf: from which tree he flew. The children are called.
Summary of the lesson.
– So our journey through the seasons has ended. In what
seasons of the year have we visited?
– How many seasons are there? Name them.
– And how many months are there in a year?
– Well done,
you can rest.
Outline of the lesson (middle group) on the topic: “Seasons”. | Outline of the lesson on the world around (middle group) on the topic:
Summary of joint educational activities
/middle preschool age/
Theme: “Seasons”.
Goals:
- expanding children’s ideas about the seasons;
- consolidation of knowledge about migratory birds;
- consolidation of knowledge about wild animals.
Tasks:
1. Educational:
- enrich vocabulary;
- to form knowledge about wild animals;
- generalize and consolidate knowledge about wintering and migratory birds;
- to teach to perceive the beauty of nature;
- to consolidate the ability to perceive the image of each season in music.
2. Developing:
- to develop observation, interest in the environment, activity, attentiveness, ability to reason;
- develop an aesthetic perception of the beauty of nature;
- develop creative imagination, ingenuity, ingenuity, fantasy and logical thinking.
3. Educational:
- cultivate love for nature;
- to give children joy and pleasure from games;
- to cultivate the ability to listen carefully to the stories of their comrades, to supplement the answers.
Equipment: “Guess who?”, “Paired pictures”, “Magic bag”, photographs of animals and birds, models of vegetables and fruits, “bunny” toy, collages.
Preliminary work:
• observations;
• conversations;
• reading fiction;
• listening to music by P. I. Tchaikovsky from the cycle “The Seasons”;
• didactic games;
• viewing pictures, calendars, illustrations;
• visual activity;
• making handicrafts from natural materials;
• making bird feeders with parents.
Move:
Educator: Guys, would you like to make an exciting trip to the country of “Seasons”?
Children: (answer).
Educator: I suggest you go on an interesting and informative journey that will help us remember and compare all the seasons. To do this, we need to close our eyes with our palms and guess the magic riddle.
I have a lot of things to do –
I am a white blanket
I cover the whole earth,
I clean the ice of the river,
I whiten fields, houses,
And my name is …
( Winter)
Children: ( answer).
Educator: Who can answer how many winter months are in a year and name them in order?
Children: (answer).
The music of P. I. Tchaikovsky “The Seasons” sounds.
Educator: Look, guys, we are in winter. Guys, let’s say how winter differs from other seasons, remember the signs of winter. What happens in winter?
Children: (answer).
Educator: So far in the country of the seasons we have met only one season, winter, but our journey continues.
The music of P. I. Tchaikovsky “Waltz of the Flowers” sounds.
Educator: Guys, look, winter is replaced by another season.
The teacher makes a riddle:
Green-eyed, cheerful,
A beautiful girl.
She brought us as a gift,
Something that everyone will like:
Greenery – for leaves,
Warmth for us,
Magic –
So that everything blooms.
Birds flew after her –
All craftswomen sing songs.
Guess who she is?
This girl is .
..
(Spring)
Children: (answer).
Educator: Who can answer how many spring months are in a year and name them in order?
Children: (answer).
Educator: Guys, what happens in the spring, try to describe the spring.
Children: (answer).
Educator: And now we will play the game “Guess who it is? “. I will describe the animals, and you have to guess who they are talking about and find them in the picture.
Purpose of the game: find the animal according to the description.
Rules of the game: you can show a recognized animal only at the signal of the teacher after listening to its description.
Equipment: wild animals (fox, wolf, squirrel, hare, elk) are placed on the “forest” collage.
A game is being played.
Educator: Well done guys. And what important event occurs in the spring associated with birds?
Children: (answer).
Educator: That’s right, the return of migratory birds! Why are some birds called migratory and others wintering?
Children: (answer).
Educator: What migratory birds do you know?
Children: (answer).
Educator: What good fellows you are and you know everything! And now we will listen to how the birds sing.
Sounds of nature music. Birdsong”.
Educator: So it’s time to play another game called “Paired Pictures”.
Purpose of the game: to consolidate knowledge about migratory birds, the ability to distinguish and name them.
Rules of the game: find a picture with the right birds, comparing it with your picture received from the teacher.
Equipment: a set of paired pictures depicting migratory birds (finches, starlings, swallows, rooks, ducks, cranes).
A game is being played.
Educator: Well done guys. Did you like the game?
Children: (answer).
Educator: Not only birds rejoice in spring, but also animals, insects, because all nature comes to life. Let’s liven up a little.
Physical education session “Smile” is held.
Teacher:
Up and down hand jerks,
As if we were waving flags.
Stretching our shoulders.
Hands moving towards. (One hand up, the other down, hands change jerkily.)
Hands to the sides. Smile.
Lean left and right. (Tilts to the sides.)
Begin squats.
Don’t rush, keep up. (Squats.)
And at the end – walking in place,
This has long been known to everyone. (Walking in place.)
Repeat the exercise
We wave our hands cheerfully,
Let’s stretch our shoulders.
One-two, one-two, one-two-three,
Repeat the exercise. (One straight arm up, the other down, change hands with a jerk.)
We rotate the body to the left,
Three-four, one-two.
Repeat the exercise:
Shoulders to the right, head. (Rotation of the body to the left and right.)
We all managed to warm up,
And sat down again. (Children sit down.)
Educator: Look, spring is followed by the next season.
The teacher makes a riddle:
The weather is hot,
The sun rises early,
It warms and bakes during the day,
The river beckons us with coolness,
We need to go to the forest for berries ,
Keep up with strawberries,
Not be lazy, collect before.
In the field the rye rustles like the sea,
The nightingales sing at dawn,
The succulent grasses stand,
The mowers rush to the meadows.
(Summer)
Children: (answer).
Educator: Who can answer how many summer months are in a year and name them in order?
Children: (answer).
Educator: Let’s think about what changes have taken place in nature with the advent of summer. (Answers of children). Well done boys. Summer brings us a lot of berries, vegetables and fruits. And here it left us a magic bag with vegetables and fruits. Let’s play a little with you.
Didactic game “Magic bag”.
Purpose of the game: development of imagination and fine motor skills in children.
Equipment: vegetable models, magic bag.
A game is being played.
Educator: Now let’s move on.
The children and the teacher approach the fourth collage, which is turned away. (A bunny peeks out from there.)
The teacher takes out the bunny and asks him what happened.
Educator: Guys, the bunny told me that the sorceress of this country has bewitched autumn. And if we don’t help Autumn, then the country “Seasons” will disappear. To do this, you should remember as much as possible about autumn. Her characteristic features.
Children: (children’s answers).
Music by P. I. Tchaikovsky “Seasons. Autumn”.
The collage is turning – autumn is coming back.
Educator: Well done guys! You saved the country “Four Seasons”. Yes, I completely forgot, the bunny gave you a big thank you and this basket with treats.
Summary of the lesson.
Educator: I really enjoyed traveling with you, you were very attentive today, you helped me very well.