Seasons and holidays
Leaf Color Graph
Collect leaves, sort them by color and make a bar graph of what you found.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
- Grades
- K–4
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- observation, describing, seasonal change
What kids do
“Pick up one leaf and look at it like a scientist and an artist.”
- Draw your leaf’s veins and colors inside
- My leaf has…
- My leaf is shaped like… and feels like…
How to run it
- Collect leaves on a walk, or bring a bag in for the class.
- Ignore the outline shape if your leaf is different: draw your own.
- Press the real leaf in a book and display it with the drawing.
Talk about it
- Why do leaves change color?
- Were any two leaves exactly the same?
- What colors did you find?
Take it further
Make a leaf rubbing on the back with the side of a crayon.
Pairs well with
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