Four Seasons Song Course

As the seasons change, visit the corresponding seasonal verse. Children may begin to recognize that the natural world is continually changing while also noticing patterns that return again and again. The invitation is simple: listen, notice, wonder, and connect in nature. There is no right way to experience nature. A child may share an observation, ask a question, make a drawing, move their body, sit quietly, or simply listen. The Nature Connection Song offers a gentle way to revisit these ideas across the Growing Memories™ program and throughout the year. Encourage the children to begin a nature journal to record their observations with writing/cursive, printing, drawing, sketching throughout the seasons.

The Four Seasons & Nature Connection Sensory Awareness Activities

Nature Connection Activities & Songs

$45.00

Experience the Four Seasonal Songs with Nature Connection Sensory Awareness Activities

5 Chapters

15 Lessons

Spring

Spring - Sensory Awareness Prompts Notice what is beginning to grow. What is waking up or growing around us? What new sounds can you hear? What signs of new life can you find?

Summer

Summer- Sensory Awareness Prompts Notice what is flourishing What feels full, bright, warm, or alive? What creatures or plants are sharing this space with us? What do you notice when you slow down and listen?

Autumn Leaves and Winter Rest

Autumn -Sensory Awareness Prompts Notice what is changing around us? What are the trees, plants, and animals doing differently? Can you find something that is letting go? Winter - Sensory Awareness Prompts Notice what is resting What becomes quieter in winter? Where might plants, animals, or tiny living things be resting? What can we notice when we slow down and become still?

About Nature Connection with Children

About Nature Connection with Children Nature Connection Song The Nature Connection Song is a gentle musical thread woven throughout the Growing Memories™ journey. With four seasonal verses, children are invited to return to the song throughout the year, listening for familiar sounds, noticing changes in the natural world, and connecting their observations to their own experiences. Each season offers a new opportunity to pause, wonder, and notice. The song can be revisited during lessons, outdoor learning, circle time, or moments of quiet reflection. Rather than asking children to make a particular connection or share a personal experience, educators can offer simple invitations to notice what is happening around them. Children may observe changes in light, weather, plants, trees, animals, sounds, movement, temperature, or the feeling of the season. Returning to the song throughout the year can also help children develop an awareness of rhythm and change. The predictable patterns of the seasons provide opportunities to notice that nature has rhythms of growth, activity, transition, rest, and renewal. Through music, movement, sensory awareness, and connection with the natural world, children can explore their own need for activity, quiet, movement, pause, and restoration. The song becomes a familiar place to return to, reminding children that change is part of life and that both nature and our bodies have rhythms that can be noticed and respected.

Listen, Notice, Sing, and Connect to Nature

Listen to each seasonal verse and invite children to learn and sing along in a Nature Connection Circle. Encourage children to use their sensory awareness to notice the sounds, images, and changes in nature that each season brings. Return to the song throughout the year as the seasons change, using each verse as an invitation to listen, notice, wonder, and connect outdoors in nature.