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Creativity

Materials:

Purple flower

4 sheets of paper, coloring materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils, or paint)

Your Child Will Learn

Certain colors are associated with the different seasons

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Colors of the Seasons

Here's What To Do

1

Discuss the four seasons according to the regional climate you live in

2

Ask your child to describe the colors of the sky and land during each season

3

Give your child 4 sheets of paper to create a drawing for each season

4

Have your child use coloring materials to represent the colors of each season

Mother and child play together (animated).

Put PEER Into Action

P

Pause:

  • Find a quiet and distraction free environment to do this activity.
E

Engage:

  • Ask your child, “how does it feel outside during [season]”?
  • Ask your child, “what living things do you see during [season]”?
E

Encourage:

  • If your child struggles with what to draw to represent the seasons, ask them to think about the colors of the leaves on trees and remind them of activities that you do during each season
  • Compliment and praise your child’s work
R

Reflect:

  • Ask your child to explain how each picture of the seasons is different.

Not quite ready?

Read a children’s book about the change in seasons.

Ready for more?

Explore and research how seasons change in a region different from the one you live in.

Variable color muffin tins (animated)

As your child masters this skill...

They will be able to visually describe how skies and land look during different seasons.

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