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• Barney - "Spring Into Fun!"
  Spring showers bring more than flowers; they bring out the creativity in Barney's friends. While it's raining outdoors, the kids paint birds, butterflies and caterpillars indoors. Then Barney displays the changing seasons on his computer. Once the rain stops, the kids have fun blowing bubbles and enjoying nature.
• Reading Rainbow - "Summer"
  Baby animals spend the summer growing, playing and learning from their parents. No matter where you live, there is a cycle of seasons which impacts the weather, plants and animals. In some locations it is extreme, in others it isn't. LeVar shows just how special each seasonal change is to the plants, animals, and world around us.

Do in Class

• Arthur: Summer Plans - Create a class book of activity ideas to try out over summer vacation.
• Clifford the Big Red Dog: Snowman Art - Name the four seasons, and identify one symbol that represents each season. Create an original expression of wintertime art by making a snowman from liquid glue.
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Birdfeeder - Help birds find food in the winter months by making them a pinecone birdfeeder.
• Reading Rainbow: Summer - Learn about plant growth during summertime. Plant grass seed in pots with faces to grow "grassy" hair.
  
• ZOOM: Papel Picado - Celebrate the change of seasons with a paper piercing tradition from Mexico.

Play Online

• Caillou: Match the Leaves - Learn how leaves change color in the fall and then match different types of leaves.
• PBS Parents Guide to Creativity: Window Boxes - Discuss the various ways to arrange seasonal flowers and create a digital flower box.

Read

• The Complete Book of the Seasons
  By Sally Tagholm
  Published September 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company
  After the introductory chapter discussing different seasonal changes, each season is examined in turn. Activities, festivities, and natural phenomena are highlighted. A final section is a calendar of seasonal events.
• Sing a Song of Piglets: A Calendar in Verse
  By Eve Bunting and Emily Arnold McCully
  Published September 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company
  Piglets work and play in snow and sun. Bunting's verse and McCully's energetic piglets make this celebration of months and seasons a sure winner for young listeners and readers.

*As most PBS children's programs offer one year extended taping rights for teachers, please feel free to tape them now and save them for use in your classroom during the school year.