Kinderweek ~ Leaves and the Letter F
October 13, 2008
This happens to be peak foliage time around here, so I planned some fun "leaf" learning for our Earlybird this week. Here are a few of my ideas:
Books to Read:
Things to Do:
- collect leaves
- make leaf rubbings
- rake leaves
- (then jump in the piles, natch)
- bake leaf-shaped cookies
- make a leaf mobile
Possible Field Trips:
- go on a family tree walk along the bike path
- stop by the nursery to buy fall flowers
- visit the farm to pick fruit
A Poem/Song to Learn:
Come little leaves said the wind one day ...
Letter F Activities:
- watch the falling leaves
- fall down in leaf piles
- talk about fall (aka autumn)
- play freeze tag
- fingerpaint (yellow/red)
- play follow the leader
- toss the football in the backyard
- work on Friends & Famly photo album
- flip Father Bear's Famous Flying Flapacks (Little Bear, anyone?)
- fly (and honk) like Canada geese
- find fairy homes in the woods
- smell the fall flowers
- look for frost in the morning
- fill the (bird)feeders
- buy fruit at the farmstsand
- arrange a fruit basket (cornucopia)
- play "fur or feathers?" re backyard animals
We are blessed with a warm and sunny week up here in New England - these Indian Summer days are always a treat. (Our winters are dark and cold, and ... long.) I hope these Kinder ideas give you some autumn inspiration, but most of all I hope you are enjoying these beautiful October days! :)