Even More Leaf Projects.... it is fall afterall!!!

In both the Tot School and K4 classes we have been celebrating fall... one of the fun activities that comes with it is making leaf projects... we have done several so far... but here are 3 more!

K4 decorated coffee filter leaf cut outs with pipette-fulls of colored water (colored with drops of food coloring)

Ryleigh coloring her leaf...with droplets of food coloring...

The finished leaves... they actually feel like silk leaves... and a great addition to our fall decorations!

For the Tot School class, I had them make Marker Coffee Filter Leaves... it seemed less messy than the food coloring leaves... in theory I guess...

Marker misfire...

After the leaves were all colored in... they misted them to blend the colors...

I had both classes do q-tip painting on index cards... for falling leaves...
I drew in the "tree" with a crayon...

The little ones in Tot School totally got into this project...

K4 working on their leaves...

Ryleigh was very careful with her falling leaves... and very particular of their placement...

The finished q-tip paintings...

One of the stories that we have enjoyed reading this fall is I Know It's Autumn, by Eileen Spinelli... She goes through and says all the different things that may point to it being fall... and the illustrations are great!

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School Daze.... Autumn Time Fun...

Tot School

In Tot School this week we focused on Fun Fall Crafts.... and some fine motor skill activities...

We did hand and arm tree paintings....
here is Braeden getting his hand and arm painted...

Starting to finger paint on the leaves...

It was neat to see everyone's different technique...and enthusiasm for this project...
Braeden was VERY enthusiastic over the painting....

The finished Tot School Trees...

We used these sensory objects (from Home Depot)... to explore hard vs soft, rough vs smooth

They sorted giant shape buttons...here Braeden is talking for his buttons... :-)

They used toaster tongs to transfer cylinder shapes into ice cube trays...

Braeden mistook his for a wishbone.... and completed the project with his fingers... (YIKES!)

Sorting by color...

Doing the Do A Dot daubers... with ONLY water....
to paint on construction paper... Braeden made puddles... :-)

Enjoying the fall sensory bin....

K4
We finally got a picture with all 5 girls... Some of the topics we worked on that are not portrayed by the pictures were: our sight words...handwriting without tears...Spanish... and geography...

The K4 Class

We also did the Hand/Arm Tree ...

Working on their leaves...

The finished K4 trees...

Rolling a fall picture...with jumbo dice... (Printable available bottom of post)

Working on telling time to the nearest hour.... we love these foam clocks!

Making bracelets...aka...stringing beads onto pipe cleaners...

We made confetti acorns for our stART project this week...

They used Uno Cards and counting bears for a math manipulative... so many possibilities for these... we also use them to help practice Spanish...

The girls enjoyed doing this fall foam tree craft... (target dollar spot)....

Finished Trees... they even came with a scarecrow...

During their independent work time, some of the girls used these I Spy Alphabet Tubes I made... and found the letters....and then marked them with a bead on the laminated key card...

For Whatcha Making Wednesday...the girls made mini pumpkin breads... and used their knives to cut slices....

Two of the Books that we Read as we continued our Fall theme this week were:

• Autumn Walk by Ann Burg
  
• My Happy Pumpkin, God's Love Shining Through Me by Crystal Bowman

If you would like to download the Roll a Fall Scene Printable we used click here (or go to printables....)

To see what others did this week check out Tot School at 1+1+1=1; Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations; Mom 2 lil Posh Divas and the Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

stART- Paper Confetti Acorns

A Story + Art = a great stART!!!

We are still working on our Fall Theme (and will be for a bit)... one of the cute books we read was Autumn Walk by Ann Burg.... the title pretty much says it all... it is a board book that is easy to read...and easy to listen too...and definitely conjures up feelings of fall...For our project, I had the girls make paper confetti acorns... i.e....I cut up three different colors of paper into tiny little shapes...("confetti")... The girls used their glue sticks to stick on the confetti...and then glued on the acorn "hat" (black paper)... I think they came out pretty cute!!!

Gluing....

Applying the confetti.... also...a great fine motor skill practice....

The "hat" glued on...and shaking off the excess paper...

The finished Acorns....

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School Daze... Happy Fall Y'all.... more specifically apples...

Starting Wednesday October 5th, I am hosting a Linky for Baking/Cooking with children... called Watcha Making Wednesdays... Come back and Link Up!!

This week we started our Fall theme...specifically apples... I made our new Fall Sensory Bin... I purchased a theme pack from Time For Tots and supplemented in the rest...as I like them a bit bigger and to fit in an under the bed bin...

Our Bin....

In Tot School, they practiced sorting bears by color...

I made a secret message for both classes to uncover while painting with watercolor... (it was a fall tree with leaves...)

Ryleigh had fun blending the colors...

Braeden working on a puzzle... and yes that is paint all over his face...

Playing with the sensory bin...

Having fun with Play dough...I had the girls in K4 make their letters with it...

The girls practiced sharpening their pencils (and then practiced handwriting...)

They were each so proud of themselves when they got it sharpened...and such a great fine motor skill practice!

They used these table top pocket charts to practice putting their numbers 1-20 in order...

K4 used oil pastels to blend together colors for their fall trees....

We did Apple Prints in both classes...

Braeden pushing down on his apple...for a bolder print....

Two of the Books that we Read for our Apple (Fall) theme this week were:

• Edward Lear's A Was Once An Apple Pie by Suse MacDonald
• Up, Up, Up! It's Apple Picking Time by Jody Fickes Shapiro
  

To see what others did this week check out Tot School at 1+1+1=1; Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations; Mom 2 lil Posh Divas and the Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.