leaves- DAyhome

Well it appears i am a little behind on the blog again!
Going back to October, after our thanksgiving week we had a week on Leaves. Here is what we did!

 so we started the week off with a tree.

 i put out supplies, scissors, wrapping paper, tissue paper.

then the children cut out leaves and decorated our tree! I realize this is a bit of a backwards activity for fall, but it was a big hit! the kept coming back to this activity throughout the week.

 This did not relate, just an activity my sister told me about. i used medicine droppers, then vinegar and food coloring in an ice cube tray with baking soda in a container.  it was a great activity! i did it in the morning with the 2 year olds and again during nap time with the 4 year olds and it kept ages interested and entertained!

 Decorating leaves.

 my kids!

Of course for leaf week we also went on a couple walks collecting leaves and other items to use for a college, un fortunately we never made our colleges! We were side tracked by other activities and forgot all about them!

 Our thanksgiving books from last week.  The problem with doing seasonal themes, is everyone is doing seasonal themes and its pretty slim pickings at the library!  I've been trying to resist ordering books everytime a scholastic order comes my way, because we make such good use of the library! but i decided i can purchase seasonal books as it is so hard to collect them when you want to use them!

Leaf books.
oh and i had leaf cookie cutters in the play dough, and filled the water table with leaves and water.