Four Seasons Crafts and Activities

Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter are a great excuse to teach your preschool child with crafts and activities.

 

What Clothes Do you Wear?

Go through a catalog and cut out photos of different clothing for different weather. (For instance, snowsuits, swimsuits, jeans, shorts, etc.)

Then, ask your child to point to divide the pictures up for different seasons. You would even make a book with a page for each season. Not only glue photos of the clothing, but also activities you might do during each season. Sledding, beach ball, raking.

Who Are You Mr. Bug?

Outdoors is great place for learning and young students love to go outside, not to mention bugs! 

Pick a day when going outside will be enjoyable and divide your class into small groups. Each group will need to be provided with a picture of a harmless bug that can be easily located in your area. They will also need a large clear plastic cup with small pin holes in the bottom.

Instruct the groups to explore the great outdoors in order to find the pictured bug and catch it in the cup. What great fun you will have watching them try to catch a fly or listening to them squeal as they lift a rock and find an earthworm. 

Once a bug is caught, call the entire class over to the group. Show them the picture of the bug and tell them the name of the bug. Discuss what type of work the bug does, such as how earthworms aerate the soil to help the plants grow. Have them observe how the bug gets around. Does it crawl, fly, or slither?  Have them listen to the noise it makes, does it buzz or is it quiet?

Watch how the bug attempts to escape its captivity. Does it fly to the top or does it start to dig into the ground?  After this short discussion, release the bug from the cup and watch it go.  Remember, these are living things and so don’t keep them captive too long. 

Learning that our world is filled with harmless, hardworking, beneficial bugs will show children that bugs are not to be feared but to be admired and enjoyed.

More Activities by Season

• Summer
• Autumn
• Winter
• Spring