Trees and the Seasons | A Year in the Life of a Tree
Preschool Lesson Plan Activities

• Trees in winter (bare branches)
• Trees in spring (flowering)
• Trees in summer (full of green leaves)
• Trees in autumn - fall (click on the tree three times to see the leaves turn colors)
  
  Trees are Terrific ...Travels with Pierre at the University of Illinois Extension is a wonderful presentation for young children to learn about trees.

Activity 2 > Dress up A Tree for A Season

Dress up a Tree for a Season with templates, or use the simple tree coloring page to achieve a similar effect.  Visit the trees coloring pages to choose other images.  If possible print on light blue background paper.

Suggestions for 'dressing the tree' for a season:

• Winter > Print this coloring page with bare branches, print on light blue or yellow paper.  Glue a few cotton balls, snowflakes stickers, or white finger-prints on the tree branches, snow falling,
• Spring > Color tree foliage green, fill in with flower finger-prints or stickers.
• Summer:  Color the tree foliage green.  Decorate with fruit stickers or fingerprint:  red, yellow or green apples, purple plums, red cherries, oranges.  Address nutrition:  Fruits are one of the five food groups, and we should make half of our plate fruits and veggies.
• Autumn > Glue a choice of real autumn leaves, torn or cut up paper; finger-prints with autumn colors. Make sure some "leaves" appear to be falling and in the ground.

Activity
Dress up a Tree for Spring
includes templates

Simpler activity

trees coloring pages

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