Seasonal Changes Knowledge Organiser — KS1
A KS1 knowledge organiser on the four seasons — weather, daylight, plant and animal changes across spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Includes simple observations to make outdoors.
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Page count: 3. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Observe and describe weather associated with each season, and explain what changes in the natural world across the year.
About this resource
- Subject: Science
- Type: Knowledge Organiser
- Grade levels: Kindergarten (ages 4-6, ≈ Reception / Y1), Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3)
- Pages: 3
- Date added: 2026-05-15
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books on seasons and the natural world for KS1
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
For children
- A A First Book of Nature — Nicola Davies
- I I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year — Smriti Halls
- T The Bee Book — Charlotte Milner
- A Autumn (Nature Book series) — also Winter, Spring, Summer — Gerda Muller
For outdoor learning
- R RSPB Children's Guide to Nature
- N Nature Explorers: Woodland (Usborne)
- B Bug viewer jar magnifying set children
- C Children's nature journal blank
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