Fall Curriculum, Day two

For day two, you are just extending the activities from day one! On the playground, have your students look for acorns today. Put the acorns in your tactile bin with some leaves and straw or Easter grass.

For art today, have the students make a leaf suncatcher. Cut the outline of a leaf-any shape-from a 9 x 12 sheet of construction paper in a fall color. Let the students choose the colors that they want. Glue the outline-NOT the leaf cutout-onto wax paper. The idea is to have a large surface area of wax paper in the center of the leaf to stick tissue paper. Provide tissue paper in a variety of fall colors and have the students cut or tear the paper into small pieces. After they have torn the paper, they will then squeeze glue all over their wax paper and put the tissue inside of the leaf. After the glue has dried, run the wax paper through a laminator, cover it with Con-tact paper, or glue another sheet of wax paper on top. After everything is covered and dry, you can cut out the outline and hang it in the window. If you have students who cannot handle a bottle of glue, put their leaf outline on Con-tact paper instead of wax paper. The student can drop the tissue onto the wax paper and it will stick without glue.

For a great but simple fall snack, provide apple slices and dry orange gelatin in small cups for dipping. The moisture from the apples will help the gelatin stick and it tastes great. FYI, this is great in any flavor at any time….I just thought orange gelatin would be great for fall!

For science today, have the students sort some leaves and let each student choose a leaf. Have the students compare their leaves and discuss who has the smallest and largest leaves. If you have students who can understand the concept of measurement, use a ruler to measure the leaves. Talk about the different colors and how different trees produce leaves of different shapes.