Calendar of Seasons

The activity was carried out by 3-4 years old children. The teacher read the Latvian folk-tale “Kā kokiem izgāja” (“What happened to trees”) simultaneously showing the pictures of the tale. The tale tells about trees, which in spring received beautiful gowns. The trees were happy about the beautiful dresses, but deciduous trees very soon got bored of them. They went to look for Summer to ask for new dresses. Summer did not have dresses, so she sent the trees to Autumn. Autumn gave to the trees colourful gowns. The trees were happy again. Yet, the new dresses did not endure the strong winds. Pine tree, fir tree and juniper did not have cold, but deciduous trees felt cold. Then came Winter and covered all trees with white blanket. Trees were all right again and they could wait for Spring.

After listening to the fairy-tale, children prepared a season calendar where their birthdays were marked. The calendar depicts an apple tree in the four seasons. Now we have our own trees in different seasons and different gowns!