LeavesAre Falling (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Leavesare falling to the ground,
Tothe ground,
to the ground.
Redand orange, yellow and brown,
Falling, falling down.
LeafHunt - Giveeach child a lunch sack and let them collect 2 or 3 leaves from the ground.Bring these back in the classroom and sort by shape, color, etc. You could also graph the leaves byshape. (Whenever you collect items outside emphasize the importance of taking things from the ground. Return the objects to where you found them after exploring with them in the classroom.)
Research– Check outa leaf identification book from the library. Can children match up their leaves with those in the book toidentify which tree they came from.
LeafRubbings - Laya sheet of paper on top of a leaf. Remove the paper from an old crayon and rubthe side over the leaf to make a print.
Hint!Userubber cement to glue the leaf to the table. It will be easier for the childrento make a rubbing, and you can just rub off the rubber cement after theactivity.
LeafBook - Leteach child find a "favorite" leaf. To preserve, place the leaf in asheet of newspaper and put a book on top. Place the leaf in a zip baggie.Encourage children to dictate or write a sentence about their leaf. Put thebaggies together to make a class book.
IWonder Why? -Brainstorm why leaves turn colors and fall off trees in the fall. Have childrengo home and do a little research with their parents and report results in classthe following day.
Is anybody fromTroy, New York, reading this? I’mdoing a workshop in Troy on October 1st. I’ll be flying into Albany on Friday the 30th ofSeptember and I’d be happy to do a free concert at a school that afternoon ifanyone is interested.
