Seasons: Sort & Match Activity Cards | EYFS & KS1 Printables
🌍 Spark your children's curiosity about the changing year with our wonderful Seasons: Sort & Match Activity Cards! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a fantastic way to support an understanding of the natural world, weather, and the cycle of the seasons through a set of fun, hands-on activities.
Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these cards are a brilliant tool for making learning about seasonal changes clear and memorable.
This versatile pack features:
A set of activity cards for all four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Key visual cues for sorting: Each season has 7 different cards, including the name of the season, a seasonal tree, a character in appropriate clothing, weather symbols, a simple pie chart showing day length, and two cards with other iconic seasonal images.
Designed for multiple games: The cards can be used for a simple sorting activity or a more challenging matching game.
(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
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Our Seasons: Sort & Match Activity Cards are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:
Sorting Activity:
Muddle up the cards and challenge children to sort them into four piles, one for each season. This helps them to recognise and group seasonal characteristics.
Matching Game:
Turn the activity into a matching game by using the name of the season as the 'header card' for each pile. Children can then take turns to place the correct cards under the matching season name.
Discussion Prompts:
Use the cards as a great stimulus for a discussion about seasonal changes. Ask questions like, "Why do we wear sunglasses in summer?" or "What happens to the leaves in autumn?" Discuss the differences between clothing on each of the characters.
Science Learning:
The pie charts on the cards offer a simple, visual way to talk about why the days are longer in summer and shorter in winter.
Display Board:
Use the cards within the pack as engaging visual elements on a display board.
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EYFS Framework:
Understanding the World (The Natural World): Children learn to make observations of the natural world and talk about the changes they see throughout the seasons.
Mathematics (Shape, Space and Measure): The activity involves sorting and grouping.
Communication and Language: Children can use the cards to talk about their observations and share their ideas.
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KS1 Curriculum:
Science (Seasonal Changes): Children learn to observe and describe weather, day length, and seasonal changes.
English (Spoken Language): Children can use the cards as a stimulus for discussion and to talk about their experiences.
Download our Seasons: Sort & Match Activity Cards today and help children master the concepts of seasonal change in a hands-on way! ☀️
⬅️ AUTUMN Menu Page
⬅️ WINTER Menu Page
⬅️ SPRING Menu Page
⬅️ SUMMER Menu Page
⬅️ WEATHER Menu Page
⬅️ CLOTHES Menu Page
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