Find the Leaf

Find the Leaf

Materials:
Leaves of different shapes and sizes from different plants,
Construction paper,
pencils and crayons,
tape, (optional)

Preparation:
Collect a variety of leaves and show them to the kids

Ideas:
Go for a walk with your children and see if they can match the leaves to the plant they come from.
Allow your children to do leaf rubbing.
1. Put the leaf vein side up.
2. Place the paper over the leaves.
If the paper moves too much try taping it down.
3. Rub over the paper with the side of a pencil or crayon.

Look up the leaves and their trees. Learn the names ( Internet/library).
Put together a book of all the leaves.
Compare with friends from other areas of town, country etc.
Take digital pictures to remember this experience especially if you are making a book.
Compare leaves from the same tree/bush from different times or seasons of the year.


Good For:
Classifying,
Identification,
Vocabulary Building
Fine Motor Skills,
Learning about nature.

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Maching Pies to Foods

Monday’s match is part two of the Numbered Pie Match.
For this one, the children can match the pie with what food it is made from. This way, they can see the food in its original form and what you can make out of it. Of course, this activity would be better before or after making real pies.






































































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Numbered Pie Matching

Here’s another matching activity for fall. What you do is cut the pies out and then cut them in half so there are two halves to match up. If you are using a file folder, right the numbers 1 through 10 next to one set of pie halves and then you can write the same corresponding numbers on the back of the other pie halves. If you are using match cards, you can either hand write the number right on the picture or copy and paste using the computer as I did with the blackberry pie. There will be a part two of this which I will post next week. I hope you enjoy this.




































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Pumpkin Patch Match

Here’s a Halloween theme match game. You can print them out onto cards and laminate them or do a file folder game with one set glued to the folder and the matching set as separate laminated cards. I hope you enjoy it!
















































































All images can be found on Google Images and are clipart.