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
Under My Umbrella
A rainy spring day: draw what’s under your umbrella and what the rain is falling on.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- sound words, seasons and weather, describing
What kids do
“Drip, drop! Draw who is under the umbrella and what the rain is doing.”
- Decorate the umbrella and draw underneath
- Rain sounds like…
- My favorite thing to do on a rainy day:
How to run it
- Read a rainy-day picture book.
- Kids can add puddles, boots and raindrops.
- Make a rain sound together with fingers on desks.
Talk about it
- Where does rain come from?
- Who loves the rain? (ducks, worms, plants)
- What do you do on rainy days?
Take it further
Write a list of rainy-day activities for your class.
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