 You can help a child understand the four different seasons by helping them decorate a paper tree with different leaves for each season. To start, you can cut out a simple tree from brown paper. Then you can have the child cut out different colored leaves for each season to decorate the tree. And if you don't have colored paper, you could also do this activity with white paper and the child can color in each piece. Then you can talk with them about each season. For fall, they can cut out paper leaves in fall colors and place them onto the tree. They could also cut out some seeds for the tree, like these acorns. Then you can explain that fall is when most trees and plants shed their leaves and seeds and get ready to sleep through winter. You could also add that in the fall, the days get shorter and it starts to get cooler outside. For winter, the child can remove all the leaves and you can explain that the tree is sleeping for the winter and that when it is cold outside, plants save their energy for spring. You could also add that in the winter, nights last much longer than the day. For spring, the child can cut out flowers and smaller light green leaves and place them onto the tree. You can explain that the plants are waking up in the spring and that the trees need new leaves to collect sunlight so they can be strong enough to make new seeds during the summer. You could add that in spring, the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. For summer, the child can cut out full-sized dark green leaves and place them onto the tree. You can explain that in the summer, the tree is collecting strength from the sun and dirt to make more seeds and fruit later when it is fall. You could add that in summer, the weather is warm and the days are longer than nights. By learning about the seasons, a child starts to understand the passage of time while also learning about changes in the seasons.