The Four Seasons

In science, we have been studying the four seasons. We have been talking about the characteristics of each different season, the cycle of the four seasons and comparing the seasons. Here are some resources you can check out to help your child understand more about the seasons. 

What are the four seasons – the basics:

• Turtle Diary – Simple video talking about the four different seasons
• Sticks and the Seasons - Interactive animation of the different seasons
• Brainpop Seasons (You must have a membership to access this video)

Some websites and videos showing why we have seasons -

• The Science of the Seasons for Kids - Explanation of tilt of earth creating seasons
• KidsGeo The Reason for the Seasons - Another explanation of why we have seasons

  Kids Know It: Seasons - Video explanation of seasons

Sun Earth Seasons – good visuals of tilt and sun

Why do we have seasons? – simple explanations of the tilt and seasons

What Causes Seasons to Change - Great simple visual with subtitles to explain seasons

Counting and Number Patterns to 120

         We are currently working on place value concepts and patterns in counting. Here are some great resources for you to look at with your child to help them with the concepts we are practicing in class. Some of the concepts we are working on include –

• Place value: understanding that the teen numbers are made up of 1 group of ten, plus some ones.
• Number Patterns: seeing patterns on a hundreds chart
• Skip counting: counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s

Here are some websites that will help your child learn about and practice these concepts:

• Math is Fun - Learn about skip counting
• Appleton School District Math Resources - A website with links to multiple games and activities practice skip counting and the hundreds chart.
• Kennedy Math – Links to different Hundreds Chart activities
• Apples 4 The Teacher – Hundreds Chart you can color online
• ABCYa  Hundreds Chart - Practice using the number chart
• Interactive Hundreds Chart - Using a Hundreds Chart for more and less
• ABC YA - Base Ten Fun – building numbers using base ten blocks

Online Interactive Activities and Games

• Learning Planet Skip Counting Squares Game
• Skip Count – Balloon Pop
• Connect the Dots by skip counting
• Skip Counting Fish -  this game moves fast!
• Fruit Shoot Skip Count
• Place Value Fruit Shooting
• ABC YA Base Ten Bingo

Videos

  Skip counting – Harry Kindergarten

Harry Kindergarten – Numbers in the Teens

Skip count by twos – have fun teaching

Skip count by fives – Have Fun Teaching

Snowflake Counting by Ten – Teacher Tipster

Counting by Fives – Schoolhouse Rock

Skip Count  by two’s - Complabteacher

Skip count by Fives - CompLabTeacher

Skip Count by Ten’s – CompLabTeacher