Here in the midwest - autumn has arrived!
We are gearing up for our Fall Fruit and Autumn themes - some of my personal favs!
One of our favorite activities at the start of fall is to head outside on a hunt for all things Autumn. The children LOVE this scavenger hunt and what better way to introduce children to the aspects of fall than finding them in nature?!
We place our Fall Scavenger Hunt checklist on a clipboard, grab our golf pencils and jackets and head out the door! We are all feeling very official with our clipboards as we explore to find the fall elements on the list. The squirrel is always the one thing on the list we struggle to find. Turns out squirrels run away from super excited fall hunting preschoolers - who knew ;)
Once we have found everything on the list, I have students find several of their favorite fallen leaves to take inside. They clip the leaves onto their clipboard.
Now that we are inside, we create leaf rubbings by placing the leaf under a piece of paper and rub a naked crayon over them. You can really see the veins in the leaves - very cool to see and talk about.
Then, I take those leaf rubbings and bind them into a book, using the 'Our Leaf Rubbings Book' cover. I put it in our classroom library and let children explore the rubbings at the literacy center during center time!
This is such a beloved activity in our classroom, so I wanted you to share the printables needed with you, so you and your kiddos can enjoy it too!
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