Fall

This week we have been focusing on the changing of the season. We discussed how the leaves are changing colors and falling to the ground.We asked the children to bring in leaves and did so many fun activities involving leaves! We sorted the leaves in so many different ways: color, shape, and size. 

We read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert and made predictions of where Leaf Man was going to travel next in the book. As a fun art project the children created their own leaf man using leaves cut out from fall color construction paper. After assembling their leaf man they got to write where the wind was going to take him. This gave us an opportunity to have the children practice writing.

                               

Since the wind took Leaf Man to all kinds of interesting places we decided to next focus our attention on wind. We explained that when air moves it is called wind. Air is invisible to the human eye and impossible to feel until it moves. We asked the children to hold up a hand in front of their mouth and blow into it. This way they were able to feel the air.  We did a science experiment using straws and various objects. Will our air blow the object across the table?

We made beautiful and tasty fall covered sugar cookie leaves.

Fall Leaf  Song

5 little leaves so bright and gay

Hung on a tree one nice fall day

The wind came blowing ‘round and ‘round

And one little leaf came tumbling down…

Now how many are left?

4 little leaves so bright and gay…..

(And so on until no leaves are left!)