Kindergarten Spring History — Calendar Time, Holidays Across Traditions, and Mapping Our Neighborhood
History · CHR K (extends K.6.3) hist.gK.s.chr.months_and_seasons

Name the months of the year and the four seasons; pair months to seasons

Recite the twelve months in order; identify which season each month belongs to (winter Dec/Jan/Feb, spring Mar/Apr/May, summer Jun/Jul/Aug, fall Sep/Oct/Nov for the northern temperate convention); discuss that the southern hemisphere is opposite.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
6
Typical minutes
25
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Confusing 'season' with 'weather today' — a sunny winter day is still winter
  • Believing seasons are the same everywhere on Earth
  • Believing months and seasons start on the 1st — the astronomical convention differs

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
3 Place each of these 4 month-tiles on the correct quadrant of the Seasons-Round chart: December, April, July, October. place tiles on seasons round
3 Look at these 4 photos of the same park. Place them in season order starting with WINTER. sequence seasonal photos