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?
11. Special Thanks To:
• World Book Encyclopedia
• Earth’s Science
• New Science for Kids
Editor's Notes
Be sure to point out that a year is 12 months long. So, the four seasons take a whole year.
Each season is not exactly 3 months long because the position of the earth to the sun varies by a few hours or days.
Usually when the weather is warmer (Summer), the days are longer. When the weather is colder (Winter), the days are shorter.
Sometimes, the weather is different then we would think (e.g. We often get very warm days in the fall when we are expecting the weather to be getting colder).
