Seasons Connect
Four Game
Which events and activities belong to
which season?
Birds come to You need and
Sometimes it visit from hot warm coat, a
snows. countries. scarf and gloves.
This is a The days begin Insects multiply.
good time to get shorter.
for holidays.
Some days are
sunny and cold Autumn?
with frost.
Summer?
Spring?
Winter?
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
Seasons Connect Four
This activity was devised for Class 3H at Brocklewood Junior School in
Nottingham. They were looking at the difference between weather and climate/
seasons and at the time appreciating that we were getting our spring showers
rather late into May which is a month that can’t decide which season it belongs
to. The activity was designed to consolidate appropriate vocabulary and stimulate
discussion around how weather affected their own lives.
Our activities travel around the world so you will of course need to adapt this
activity to your own climate, where you may have only two or more than six
seasons. We would like to develop some comparative work through our work in
progress network, so please send any adaptions on other climates to the project.
The webaddress for this activity is:
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
This activity was last updated 13th January 2020..
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http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
Seasons Connect Four Game Board
Birds come to You need and
Sometimes it visit from hot warm coat, a
snows. countries. scarf and gloves.
Cut this piece off and stick over the other half of the game board.
This is a
good time The days begin Insects multiply.
for holidays. to get shorter.
Some days are Some animals
sunny and cold You can fly a
kite easily. decide to go to
with frost. sleep.
You need The sun is low You get sun and
heating in in the sky at showers in turn.
your house. midday.
You wear thin You eat salads You eat soups
clothes. and picnics. and stews.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
How to play. Two teams of two is best. Each team has a set of
coloured seasons cards which they shuffle and place face down.
Take turns to pick up a card and place on the board. Both teams
must agree that it is correct.The aim is to be the first team to
get a row of four: vertical, diagonal or horizontal.
It is very windy. Daffodils and People sit and
tulips bloom. eat outside.
The sun is high Leaves fall Days are short
in the sky. from the trees. and nights are
long.
Some days are Birds build
very very hot nests and lay It rains quite
and sticky. eggs. a lot.
Days are long Lots of Some days
and nights are mushrooms grow are cold and
short. in the woods. grey.
Birds fly away Buds appear and There are
to warmer new green leaves thunderstorms.
countries. grow on trees.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
These are the cards for placing on the board which you will need to print in two
colours and cut up. If you have not got coloured card, a quick solution is to put
coloured dots on the cards with felt tips.
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/seasons.pdf
