"Leaf" It To Me!

1-2-3 Come Do Some Leaf Activities With Me

There are so many themes that I incorporated into my October lessons, that it was sometimes difficult to get to them all. I think one of my favorites though, was leaves.

Probably, because of all the fond childhood memories I have of raking up big piles of colorful leaves and then playing in them for hours.

A leaf theme is an easy way to toss in a little bit of science, and build vocabulary with words like chlorophyll and photosynthesis. Leaves also work well with math and language arts too.

Here are a few of my favorite leaf-themed activities:

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Students can play the math games and do the center activities independently or with a partner.

There are also leaf cards with number words on them, to help reinforce reading skills. I've included a 3-page tip-list of ideas.

The 10 frames leaf packet is also a fun way to practice a variety of math skills.

Are you working on ordinal numbers?

The Ordinal number packet not only has a leaf worksheet (2 on a page for easy printing), but other fall themes as well.

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Besides graphing, you can also reinforce the various 2D shapes.

I always tried to include some sort of hands-on "craftivity" with any theme that I taught.

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Older students can complete the "Leaves are, can, have" writing prompt on the back of their leaves.

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Do some of your kiddos still need practice identifying the letters of the alphabet?

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Finally, since the weather is so beautiful during the fall here in Michigan, I liked to take my Y5's for a mini nature walk.

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I gave each child a paper bag to collect "nature stuff" in, then we'd go back, wash up and design a paper plate "leaf pal".

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Also in this packet is a quick and easy chlorophyll leaf craft. Simply run off the leaf template on a variety of colors of fall construction paper.

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This was an easy way to show that leaves were green when they were filled with chlorophyll, but changed to their natural color once it was gone.

By the end of the activity my little ones could tell you about chlorophyll, as well as photosynthesis. (Their parents were duly impressed.)

Well that's it for today. I hope you found something you could use to help your students fall into some learning fun. :-)