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The Science of Autumn
An invitation to meet the changing season with wonder instead of worry.
Join Zumi and Ziko on a quiet garden walk as they follow the changes in their maple tree. Why do green leaves turn yellow, orange, and red? What happens when they fall? And what is still growing beneath the ground?
The Science of Autumn introduces children ages 5–9 to the science behind familiar seasonal changes. Your child’s name appears in six invitations to look closely, imagine, and share what they notice.
Read together at your own pace, then keep exploring with four activities you can enjoy in any season:
- Make a garden of paper leaves.
- Use colored paper to model how autumn leaf colors come into view.
- With a grown-up, compare how covered and uncovered containers of comfortably warm water cool.
- Keep a notebook of small changes in a plant.
This 43-page digital PDF includes an illustrated story, activity instructions, science notes and sources for grown-ups, and a glossary with pronunciation help. A printable coloring page is included at the end of the PDF. Scientific words offer opportunities for shared reading and conversation.
Set around a maple tree in a garden with cold winters, the story offers a starting point for noticing how trees and seasons vary where you live.
By Susie Sarkozy. Part of the Wanderlings Collection.
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