How Does a Leaf Breathe

 

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Five Fall Leaves Poem

 

Autumn Hedgehogs

 

Leafy Ghosts

"When It's Autumn" Song

"When It's Autumn" Song
(Tune: "My Darling Clementine)

There are brown leaves, there are orange leaves
There are yellow, green, and red
When it's Autumn, when it's Autumn,
They keep falling on my head!

"Leaves Are Falling" Song

Leaves Are Falling
(Tune: Jingle Bells)

Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
Falling on my nose!
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
Falling on my toes!
On my head! On my ears! 
Even my el-bows!
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling
When the brisk wind blows - Whoosh!

Science + Math + Fall = Fun!

 

We're working on composing and decomposing numbers up to 5 in math. Since it was such a beautiful day, we went outside and collected leaves and acorns, and brought them inside. Next we took a sheet of plain manila drawing paper, and I asked them to draw 5 circles. Then they were to glue a leaf or acorn inside the circle. (This made the project a multi-step activity, which I could observe and grade.) Right off the bat, I could tell which students had one-to-one correspondence skills, and which didn't.

Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down!

 

Fall leaves, autumn leaves. Quick and easy. I gave each child a sheet of red, orange, yellow, brown, or green construction paper (this sheet is standard 9x12, but it looks larger because her arms and hands are so tiny.) With a crayon, they traced their hands, then cut them out on the outline. I hung the "leaves" in the room, and whenever the AC kicks on, they "flutter" nicely.

This activity also gave me the chance to check and grade their cutting skills. This early in the year, their use of scissors is very crude, but it does get better with practice.