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Nature · The activity desk
A tree through four seasons
Compare a deciduous tree in four imagined seasons.
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A little plan for play
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A full sheet of paper and large child-appropriate crayons.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Let's make it happen
- Divide the sheet into four spaces and draw the same tree trunk in each.
- In an imagined place with four distinct seasons, add new leaves in spring, a leafy crown in summer, changing leaves in autumn, and bare branches in winter.
- Point to the pictures in order and compare them with trees you know. Your local trees may look different.
Adult stays beside the child. Seasons and trees vary by place; some trees stay green all year.