Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Four Seasons Wheel
Draw the same tree (or your street) in all four seasons around a wheel.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- seasonal cycle, sequencing, observation
What kids do
“Draw the same tree in every season. Go around the circle!”
- One tree, four seasons
- My favorite season is…
- The tree changes the most in…
How to run it
- Draw the tree in each slice, starting at the top.
- Add weather, clothes or animals for each season.
- Talk about why seasons happen in a circle.
Talk about it
- What comes after fall?
- What does the tree need in each season?
- Which season do animals like best?
Take it further
Draw yourself in each season wearing the right clothes.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
More thinking sheets
Seasons and holidays
Leaf Color Graph
Collect leaves, sort them by color and make a bar graph of what you found.
Seasons and holidays
Pumpkin Faces Three Ways
Design three jack-o’-lantern faces: friendly, silly and surprised. Then pick one to carve or paint.
Seasons and holidays
Scarecrow Makeover
The crows aren’t scared of this scarecrow at all. Give it a makeover that works (or makes them laugh).
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