How plants and animals depend on the seasons
In spring snow melts, seeds sprout and trees blossom. In summer plants grow fast, store food and leave seeds. In autumn annual plants ripen and the harvest is gathered; trees drop their leaves and prepare for winter. Fallen leaves protect the soil from freezing, and snow protects roots from the cold. Animals adapt too. In autumn insects hide in hollows and under bark, and caterpillars turn into pupae. Frogs, snakes and lizards sleep through winter. Swallows, storks and ducks fly to warm lands, while birds like rooks come from the north to spend winter here. Hares and squirrels grow thicker fur in winter. In spring birds return, build nests and raise chicks. The desert tortoise wakes in spring to eat greenery and goes back to sleep in the scorching summer.
“Four seasons” poster: divide a big sheet into four parts. For each season draw and write one change in a plant, an animal and in people’s lives (for example autumn: leaves fall, birds fly away, harvest in the garden).