Today you will again actually use fall materials as your art “utensils.” Have you ever realized that leaves make great stamps? Put out paper plates with paint poured in them and have your students press their leaves in the paint then press them onto paper. You can let the students use Boardmaker symbols to choose the color of paper that they would like; let them use multiple colors of paint placed in the center of the table. Many of your students will choose to use their leaves as “paintbrushes,” and that’s okay too.
Today’s math activity is leaf graphing. Use your classroom graph; put four different types of leaves in a bag and put one of each kind across the bottom of your graph. Have each student pull a leaf out of the bag and tape it to the correct column on the graph. Discuss which leaf there was the most of and least of. Have the students vote on their favorite type of leaf.
For science today, compare dry leaves and healthy leaves. Let the students feel the leaves and look at the leaves. Let them crunch up the dry leaves and pull the healthy leaves apart. If you want, you can write down the students’ observations as they talk about the leaves.
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