This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can Cockatoos Count by Twos?
Objectives:
· Name in order the four seasons
· Recognize how seasons divide the year into a repeating pattern
· Recognize that seasons bring changes in temperature, weather, and length of daylight.
Activity:
Act out the seasonal imagery in your own way. For example: o Days get longer .....stretch and lengthen o Days get shorter.....bend and shorten o Days get warmer..... expand o Days get colder.....contract and shrink o Winter snow melts .....slow sustained fall o Flowers bloom.....open and expand o Hibernating animals awake.....start in stillness, pantomime waking up and searching for food.
Lyrics:
The seasons are changing throughout the year
Touching each flower, river and tree
The seasons are changing throughout the year
Heating and cooling land and sea
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Days grow longer, days grow shorter
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Days grow warmer, days grow colder
In spring the winter snow melts
In spring the flowers bloom
And hibernating animals awake and go hunting for food
In summer we droop in the shimmering heat
Trees grow taller and offer their shade
Flies buzz about, cows flick their tails
And crickets and katydids sing a night serenade
In autumn the leaves change colors and fall
We harvest the grain and pick fruit from the trees
And birds fly south to winter homes
As rivers and lakes begin to freeze
In winter snow flakes swirl from the sky
In winter winds blow cold rain and sleet
And bears and squirrels, frogs and snakes
Snuggle up for a long winter's sleep
The seasons are changing throughout the year
Touching each flower, river and tree
The seasons are changing throughout the year
Heating and cooling land and sea
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Follow Up:
What is your favorite season?.....your least favorite season?.....Name things you like to do in each season. Draw a picture of your favorite season. Mark on a calendar when each season begins. In North America the dates are:
Spring, March 20 or 21
Summer, June 21 or 22
Autumn, September 22 or 23
Winter, December 21 or 22
Using a ball and a lamp, show how the tilt of the earth's axis never changes while the earth circles the sun. In which position does the top half of the ball (the northern hemisphere) receive the most light ?.....the least light?.....Which season receives the most light ?.....the least light? Why does the warmest and coldest weather generally occur several weeks after the beginning of summer and winter? (Oceans retain heat and cold) Can you name a country where it is summer at the same time it is winter where you live?
Book or Product Suggestions for this Song:
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