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
Signs of Spring Hunt
Go outside and hunt for signs of spring. Check off what you find and draw your best discovery.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- seasonal change, observation, nature study
What kids do
“Spring is coming! What signs can you find outside?”
- I found…
- My best spring discovery
- How is it different from winter?
How to run it
- Take clipboards on a short walk.
- Look high (trees, birds) and low (bugs, sprouts).
- Repeat in two weeks and compare.
Talk about it
- What was the first sign you found?
- What makes spring come?
- What will you look for next time?
Take it further
Keep a spring journal for a week.
Pairs well with
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Seasons and holidays
Leaf Color Graph
Collect leaves, sort them by color and make a bar graph of what you found.
Seasons and holidays
Pumpkin Faces Three Ways
Design three jack-o’-lantern faces: friendly, silly and surprised. Then pick one to carve or paint.
Seasons and holidays
Scarecrow Makeover
The crows aren’t scared of this scarecrow at all. Give it a makeover that works (or makes them laugh).
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