In
the summer it's hot and in the winter it's cold. The butterflies fly
far away and birds fly far away because it's cold here and warm
someplace else. When it's cold the leaves fall off the trees. When
it's always warm the trees get really really tall. The birds and the
butterflies rest up high in the tree. They stay safe from the
coyotes because the coyotes can't climb trees and eat them up. The
coyotes can eat the animals on the ground but chipmunks go to sleep
under the ground so the coyotes can't see them. The chipmunk keeps
nuts in the ground where he sleeps so he can eat the nuts and the
coyote can't see him. Coyotes eat rabbits and chickens and eggs, and
you hear them at night. By Ben S., age 2
Bees
go in their nest in the trees when it gets cold. Frogs go in the
bottom of the pond in the muck. Eeeew! Turtles do too. The fish go
in the water at the bottom of the pond because it's warmer down
there. Mice go in a tiny little hole in the ground. Skunks might go
in a cave. Bears go in a cave- but not the same one. Skunks spray
stinky out of their tail and make the bear mad! So he has to live
someplace else, like underground. Birds go in the trees to get out
of the snow. When it's not snowing they eat worms but when it snows
they go to the bird feeders. By Connor M., age 4
Penguins
and polar bears and reindeer and Santa Claus like winter. They
always live in winter and never summer. It rains in the summer and
makes sticky mud. Polar bears and penguins don't like sticky mud.
Polar bears are white. Snow is white! Mud is brown. If the polar
bears roll in the mud they can't be white. By Kodah C., age 2
The
desert is sunny and hot. Sometimes it rains in the desert but only a
tiny bit. Camels live in the desert. They don't need too much water
because they have a bump on their back. When it gets windy the sand
hurts your eyes and your skin. The people wear clothes that cover
their face and skin so the sand doesn't hurt and the sun doesn't burn
their skin because it is sunny sunny sunny there. But if they cover
their eyes too much they might walk into cactus. Then you would get
poked very badly with sharp pokey things! By Lilyanna C., age 4
Snow
is kind of slippery and you fall down. If you go out in bare feet
they get freezing cold. You have to wear snow boots so you don't
ruin your new shoes and they keep your feet warm. You don't wear
snow boots in the summer- you go barefoot or wear shoes. The ground
gets too hot because it is summer and it's hot. Sometimes it never
snows so the kids never wear snow boots and snow pants. In some
places it's always summer! But I like snow! By Evan B., age 3
Bananas
cannot grow in places that snow because they need lots of summer.
Snow water is too cold but they need to grow where it rains and
rains. Some kids live where it never snow and it's always summer.
They even have a banana tree in their yard! They don't go sledding
and make snow angels and they don't shovel the sidewalk cuz it's not
snowing- ever. They can go to the beach and they can go to the
playground. They can wear bathing suits and go barefoot whenever they
want- even in the winter because it's always summer! By Lily B.,
age 3.
Sometimes
it just rains all winter. The ground gets too muddy. The sun comes
out and dries it. When it rains and rains and rains the plants and
trees and flowers grow into a jungle. Monkeys live in the jungle,
and giant snakes and parrots that are green and yellow and red and
orange birds. The jungle is filled with butterflies because it never
snows and butterflies do not fly in the snow because it is too cold.
By Renee T., age 3
I
like summer because you can go in the sprinkler. I have a old
sprinkler but it doesn't work. Running in the sprinkler is like
running in the rain. The sprinkler makes the grass all wet and the
rain makes the grass all wet so it can grow. When it doesn't rain
the grass is hot and scratchy, and when it rains it's cool and soft
and nice to roll in.. By Quinn D., age 3
It's
cold and the trees blow in the winter. So you stay in the house and
paint and play. My daddy paints my wall in the winter. We don't go
in the zoo in the winter because the monkeys stay inside, not
outside. In some places it's always summer and the monkeys live in
jungle and play in the trees all day long. They sleep in the night
and when it's morning time they climb in the trees and get a banana.
But they can't live when it's winter because bananas can't grow when
there is winter and monkeys love bananas! By Parker F., age 3
It's
cold in the winter time. The grass goes to sleep. When it snows it
makes a blanket. When the leaves fall off the trees the trees go to
sleep. The chipmunks go to sleep in the ground. They sleep in a
chipmunk room and they keep nuts in a different chipmunk room and
they go potty in a different room in their hole. Chipmunks do not
like snow so they sleep all winter long like the trees and the grass.
Bears go to sleep in a cave. I go to sleep in my warm house and my
blankets keep me warm and cozy. By Macy Q,, age 3
I
would like it to be summer always because I like to go to the
playground and ride my bike. I have a big boy bike but you can't
ride a bike when it's all snow because it gets stuck in the snow and
you fall down. You can't move your legs very easily when you have
snow pants on but you can when you wear shorts and just pants.
Ethan L., age 4
I
like to make a snowman in the winter. You roll the balls- three
different sizes. First you make a big one for the bottom, then
smaller, then smallest of the head. you make a nose with a carrot and
use rocks for the eyes. You put a scarf on his neck. I like white
the best buy blue shows better on the snow. Then you make the arms
with sticks that you find on the ground. Some kids live where there
is no snow. But that means it's summer all the time. That would be
awesome! Some places in the world it snows when it's summer and it's
HOT in the winter! Here it is cold in the winter and hot in the
summer. By Dawsyn M., age 4
