Geography: Teaching The Seasons

Teaching the seasons to six year olds can be challenging, but making it fun for them will make it a lot easier on me as their teacher. For my geography lesson I wanted to get the students asking themselves how to tell the seasons apart, so I started by reading books that detailed the characteristics of each season:

After reading these books, the students would discuss the differences between the seasons and the identifying characteristics of each one. Then they would take paper and crayons outside.

Under supervision and in pairs, because let's face it they're six and dangerous on their own, they would look around the school grounds for evidence of which season it was. When they found something they thought fit the season, they would draw it on their papers to present and turn in later.

This isn't a very complicated lesson, even though going outside with Kindergarteners is quite complex, but it does demonstrate to the students how the seasons are different and how we identify which season it is.

Teachers.net has a great lesson plan on this topic that incorporates technology and would be a great follow-up to this lesson.