Students will learn about the seasons as an event that has a repeating pattern by participating in a variety of activities. Supplemental resources for this lesson can be found as separate entries in the collection. They are identified as "Exploring Seasonal Change: Name of Resource."

In this lesson, students will define economic wants and explain how wants are personal and may differ from person to person and illustrate how weather can influence the choice of what to wear and how to play.

The interactive resource reinforces students' knowledge of the four seasons as they participate in a game of Jeopardy.

In this lesson, students will read various books about the seasons. Students will discuss the behaviors of people and animals during a given season. Students will create a mural depicting themselves participating in an activity appropriate for the season they are studying.

In this lesson, the students will learn about how weather makes the seasons.

This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the Kindergarten Social Studies content.Within the folder you will access Parent Guide PDFs in FIVE Languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Vietnamese to help on-going communication with caregivers. 

This resource accompanies our Rethink Kindergarten Social Studies Geography unit. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.

Lesson four expands on the idea of family similaritiesto include customs and traditions. Just as families celebrate customs and traditions in their home, community members celebrate customs and traditions in their neighborhood. These neighborhood celebrations often include a variety of events and activities such as parades, sport games, and festivals that include music, clothing, and food. These customs and traditions help define the community, and contribute to a spirit of belonging and togetherness.

In this lesson, students reflect upon the ways they prepare for warm and cold weather in their area by drawing and describing the clothes they wear on warm and cold days.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for Kindergarten Social Studies.

In this lesson, students will read literature about the seasons and observe and describe the weather in each. The group will compare and contrast the activities of people during different weather conditions showing how they adapt to changes. They will generate activity and nutritional guides appropriate to each.

In this lesson, students will learn about weather by taking walks in various types conditions: sunny, rainy, windy and snowy.

Students learn what they would need to pack for a trip to outer space, how to survive in outer space, and why recycling is important.