Welcome the changing seasons with Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring activities. Science learning blossoms as students explore the transition from winter to spring with hands-on activities that compare seasons, sort seasonal elements, and illustrate changes in the natural world. You can even bloom literacy skills with vocabulary work, sentence writing, and comprehension with discussions that build connection and curiosity. Perfect for springtime learning, these activities help students observe, reflect, and grow alongside the world around them.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Color spring images.
• Illustrate spring and winter.
• Illustrate words from the story.
• Write about spring and winter.
• Alphabetize words from the story.
• Sort spring and winter elements.
• Compare and contrast the seasons.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Participate in a seasonal circle share.
• Use digital tools to practice vocabulary.
• Activate speaking and listening skills to engage in a seasonal discussion.

With these activities, students don’t just learn about seasonal change—they experience it through reading, writing, and discovery.

💙 Get ready to welcome spring with learning activities that bring seasonal learning to life through reading, writing, and discovery!

💙 After downloading the activities, enjoy Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring with the Novel Effect soundscape for a read-aloud that blossoms with springtime wonder.

About the Book and Soundscape

In a simple, cheerful conversation with nature, a young boy observes how the season changes from winter to spring in Kenard Pak's Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring.

Spring into reading, and add the book to your collection and help students explore the beauty of changing seasons!