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Gray Squirrel
Gray
squirrel, gray squirrel swish your bushy tail.
Gray
squirrel, gray squirrel swish your bushy tail.
Wrinkle
up your funny nose,
Put an
acorn on your toes,
Gray
squirrel, gray squirrel swish your bushy tail.
Autumn Leaves
(tune:
London Bridge)
Autumn
leaves are falling down,
Falling
down, falling down.
Autumn
leaves are falling down,
Yellow,
red, and brown.
Take a
rake and pile them up,
Pile
them up, pile them up,
Autumn
leaves are falling down.
Activity
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Instructions
Setting: Small Group, ABC/Literacy Centers
Objective: Letter Recognition
Materials: brown
construction paper, scissors, Sharpie marker, foam leaves
(Oriental Trading), basket, laminator if you have access to one.
Directions:
Laminate several sheets of brown construction paper first.
Cut several trees out of the brown construction paper, write one
letter on the trunk of each tree with the Sharpie. Write
letters on the fall leaves with a Sharpie. Place the
leaves in a basket and have students match the leaves to the
correct trees.
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Alphabet Recognition
Materials: leaf cut-outs, ABC stickers OR Sharpie marker,
paper clips, recording sheet, Do-A-Dot markers- one per child,
fishing poles
Directions: Laminate
your leaf cut-outs and write one letter on
each leaf using the Sharpie marker or place one letter sticker
on each leaf. Place paper clips on each leaf and put
leaves in a tub or container of some sort in the middle of the
table.
Students use their fishing poles to "catch" the leaves
and stamp the matching letters on the recording sheet with their
Do-A-Dot markers. The
recording sheet has a large leaf outline on it with all the
letters of the alphabet written inside. Students use
Do-A-Dot markers to mark the letters they have caught.
Fishing poles:
12 inch dowels, string, hot glue gun, round magnets
Tie the string to the end of
the dowel and use the hot glue gun to secure it to the dowel.
Next, hot glue the round magnet to the end of the string.
Activity
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Instructions
Apple Tree
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense, number
recognition
Materials: red
pom-pons, red sticky dots, construction paper, Sharpie, laminating
film, basket, strawberry hullers (see resources section at bottom)
Directions:
Laminate construction paper and cut out tree shapes, one tree
per child in your small group. Write a different number on
the bottom of each tree trunk with a Sharpie and place the
corresponding number of red sticky dots on the tree.
Place a basket of red pom-pons on the table and have students
place the correct number of "apples" on the trees using a
strawberry huller. The strawberry huller incorporates fine
motor exercise into this activity. Ignore the die, it was
placed in the photo on accident.
Fall 1:1 Game
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: one ice
cube tray per student, foam die, fall manipulatives (from
Scholastic)
Directions:
Give each student in the small group an ice cube tray.
Place the fall manipulatives in the center of the table in a
bowl or other container so they are easily accessible to all
students. Each student takes a turn rolling the die and
putting the corresponding number of fall manipulatives in their
ice cube tray.
Fall Number Plates
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number Recognition, 1:1 correspondence
Materials: 5 fall
party plates (party store), foam leaves (Oriental Trading) Sharpie marker
Directions: Write
one number on each plate (1-5) on the plates with a Sharpie. Have students
put the correct number of leaves on each plate.
Leaf Crowns
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: patterning
Materials: sentence
strips- one per child, glue sticks, foam leaves (Oriental
Trading), stapler
Directions:
Give each child a sentence strip and have him glue leaves on to
the the strip in a pattern. When finished use a stapler to
make these into leaf crowns for each child to wear on their
head.
Leaf Do-A-Dot
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: recording
sheet, yellow, red, and orange Do-A-Dot markers, one foam die,
white cardstock or paper, Sharpie marker, tape
Directions:
Give each child in your small group a recording sheet.
Each child takes a turn rolling the die and stamps the
corresponding number on their tree with a red, orange, or yellow
Do-A-Dot marker. Since the tree only has numbers 1-3 on it
make sure to cover the sides of your die that have 4, 5, and 6
with white paper and draw dots 1-3 on the blank sides with a
Sharpie. Attach the white paper to the die with clear
packing tape.
Activity
Instructions
Watercolor Leaf
Materials: white construction paper, watercolors,
crayons, scissors,
black paper.
Have the students trace a
simple leaf pattern onto white construction paper. Next,
paint the white paper using watercolor paints. When dry,
cut the leaf out and mount on black paper.
Leaf creations
Materials: leaves, crayons, glue, white construction paper
Take your students on a leaf
walk and have them select one leaf each to bring back to class
with them. Glue the leaf on to the paper and add features,
such as arms and legs, head, or tail. These look fantastic
on the wall, you'll be surprised how creative your students can
be with this project. This is a great activity to
accompany the new book by Lois Ehlert, Leaf Man.
Fall Tree
Materials: orange, red, and yellow tissue paper squares,
glue, construction paper, crayons.
Have the students trace
the outline of a tree shape. Color the trunk and branches
brown, then glue the various colors of tissue paper to the
branches. If the tissue paper squares are wrapped around
the end of a pencil first they give the picture a cool 3-D
effect.
Gray Squirrel
Materials: white
construction paper, squares of gray tissue paper, gray crayons
or paint, scissors, glue.
Copy a picture of a squirrel
on to white paper for each student. Have the students
color or paint the body and head of the squirrel gray.
Next, ask them to glue the squares of tissue paper to the tail.
If the tissue paper square is first wrapped around the end of
the pencil and then glued on to the tail, when finished the tail
will appear "bushy".
Shape Scarecrow
Materials: various colors of construction paper, glue, crayons,
buttons.
Have your
students each trace one circle and one rectangle for the head
and body of the scarecrow. Glue the shapes on to a full
size piece of construction paper and add features such as eyes,
nose, and mouth with crayons. Next, glue real buttons to
the scarecrow's shirt. Use pre-cut strips of paper to make
the arms and legs.
Harvest Corn
Materials: fingerpaint paper, yellow, orange, and brown paint,
green construction paper, an ear of corn, paint tray or copy box
top.
Pour some
yellow, orange, and brown paint into your paint try or box top.
Have the students roll the ear of corn through the paint and
then roll onto their piece of fingerpaint paper to make corn
prints. When dry, cut the prints into the shape of an ear
of corn. Cut husks from the green construction paper and
glue to the bottom of the corn. These look great displayed
along with the scarecrows.
