Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Grandparents Day Interview
For Grandparents Day in September: interview a grandparent or older friend about when they were your age.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- interviewing, family history, listening
What kids do
“Ask a grandparent, or any older friend, about when they were a kid!”
- Their answers
- Them as a kid
- Us together today
- The most surprising thing I learned:
How to run it
- Any older friend or neighbor works if a grandparent isn’t nearby.
- Phone and video calls count.
- Share one surprising answer with the class.
Talk about it
- What was the same about being a kid back then?
- What was very different?
- What would you want to tell your future grandkids?
Take it further
Draw a picture together and give it as a gift.
Pairs well with
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