2. What is a season?
• A season is one of 4 periods in a year.
• Each season lasts about 3 months.
• In each season, there are changes in
temperature, weather and length of daylight.
3. Why do we have seasons?
• Seasons are caused by the earth’s position
in relation to the sun.
• The seasons change as the earth moves
closer or farther away from the sun.
4. Some places don’t have seasons.
Why?
• Some places are close to the center of the
earth near the equator
• These places do not move closer or farther
away from the sun.
• Because of this, these places stay very
warm all year round.
5. What are the four seasons?
• Autumn
• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
6. Autumn
• Autumn is also called
Fall because the leaves
fall from the trees.
• In Autumn, the leaves
turn colors of red,
yellow, orange and
brown.
• The weather begins to
turn colder in Autumn.
7. Winter
• Winter is the coldest
time of the year.
• Snow falls in the
winter.
• Ponds and lakes freeze
in the winter.
• Christmas is in the
winter.
8. Spring
• In the Spring, we get
lots of rain.
• Flowers begin to grow
in the Spring.
• The leaves begin to
grow on trees.
• The weather starts to
get warmer.
9. Summer
• Summer is the
warmest time of the
year.
• The water gets warm
and we can go
swimming.
• There is no school in
the summer.
10. Class Activities
• What are some clothes that we wear during
each season. Why?
• Draw a picture of the things that occur in
each season.
• In which season is Halloween? Easter?
Thanksgiving? Remembrance Day?
