By Season of Fall

Let’s sing together our song “Rise and Shine – Welcome to School Today” by Dr. Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAD2OoFuoY and our greeting song “Hello to all the children of the world”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYjGy_ZUG8

I realize that you might have to survey other members of your family for the question of the day so that your child have enough tally marks to count or have your child put more than one tally mark.

What leaf can you eat?

MAPLE TREE LEAF 🍁 SPINACH LEAF 🍃 KALE LEAF 🥬 BIRCH TREE LEAF 🍂

For the writing/reading process, have your child trace or copy (advanced skill) daily his/her name on paper/dry eraser board/ mini blackboard (kindergarten handwriting page) starting at the top of each letter (you could draw 🙂) either in all uppercase letters or just first letter in uppercase and the rest in lowercase.

Making letter H shape:

  1. 2 big lines and 1 little line for capital H/ 1 big line, 1 small curve and 1 little line for Lowercase h. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top, going down and going back up to make the curve and then down. (In order to start learning letters, your child will need a set of big curves, little curves, big lines and little lines in wood. You can purchase them at https://www.lwtears.com or make them your self. Here is a picture: http://cdn.lwtears.com/images/uploads/1_787_large.png)
  2. Wet-Dry-Try on small chalkboard (Handwriting Without Tears) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6p4LUEGbwM
  3. Play dough with small chalkboard (recipe: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/playdough-recipe/) or you can purchase the Roll-A-Dough Set from Handwriting without Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spjVLDXDixI

A whole week activity:
For the phonetic part, have a big yogurt container with a lid filled with small objects or pictures that start with the letter H (hair, heart, helicopter, horse, hat.) You might want to add a picture of a kitty, so that your child can say that kitty does not start with H! Here is a book of H word pictures https://twistynoodle.com/h-is-for-house-2-minibook/ Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter H every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.

Science

For the Fall Leaves Science Experiment, you need (1) boiling water (adult handling), (2) rubbing alcohol (adult handling), (3) Small container with lids, and (4) leaves (green, red, yellow and brown)

Directions:

  1. Put different colored leaves in boiling water for 5 minutes.
  2. Pour some rubbing alcohol In small container with lid and drop 1 colored leaf that was in the boiling water.
  3. Close the lid.

Let your child observe many times during a period of 2 days what happens to the leaf in each small container. https://alittlepinchofperfect.com/fall-leaf-science-experiment-for-kids/ Discuss what happens to leaves.

On the tune of “Oh, my Darling Clementine”, we can sing: what’s the weather, what’s the weather, what’s the weather like today? Is it cloudy, is it rainy, is it sunny, is it cold? (You can also change the weather words).
Let your child check the weather and tell you about it. You might want to ask your child to do a weather drawing that you can label. Some activities will be repetitive to create a routine that brings comfort to your child.

Language Arts

For little listeners, Autumn’s First Leaf by Steve Metzger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMcG5FnTFKg
For advanced listeners, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MOhPHhqkA
After viewing one of the selection, help your child to sequence the story: what comes first, next and at the end. Brainstorm also with your child the different feelings the characters expressed and how to show these feelings on a paper face. Here is a sheet to complete and help your child by labeling the face https://twistynoodle.com/i-feel-3-minibook/

5 Little Leaves Fingerplay

Five little leaves on the tree next door,

One fell off and then there four.

Four little leaves hanging from the tree,

A bird pulled one off and then there were three.

Three little leaves where the wind blew,

One fell off and then there were two.

Two little leaves sitting in the sun,

A bug ate a leaf and then there was one.

One little leaf in the tree all alone,

The wind blew and blew, and then there were none!

Math

Have you heard of the Fibonacci sequence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihxJN6ZC9HE (for older children) Patterns are everywhere around us. Let’s start with a simple practice: Circle Patterns https://twistynoodle.com/circle-patterns-coloring-page/ and Make your own Patterns https://twistynoodle.com/make-ab-patterns-coloring-page/ (AB, ABC, ABCD, ….)

The calendar is a daily activity to do with your child that develop number and pattern recognition. Here is the link to print a calendar to update daily with your child. The set has a weather component, if you like. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/october-calendar-setbr4-pages/october-calendar-set-3

Daily counting of tally marks and show your child a number card or write the number down to show your child. The numbers of the tallies will be different every day. Extend the concept by comparing numbers: which has more? Which has fewer? Which are the same? How many more (count with fingers)?

Art

For the Autumn Leaves STEAM Absorption Art Project, you need (1) Coffee filters, (2) markers (red, yellow, green and brown), (3) leaves, (4) scissors and (5) a bowl of water.

Directions:

  1. Use leaves as stencils on the coffee filters.
  2. Cut out the leaf shapes on the coffee filters with scissors.
  3. color a thick ring with a colored marker at the center of each leaf.
  4. Fold leaf into 2, then again into 2, and into 2.
  5. Dip the white tip of folded leaf into the bowl of water.
  6. Observe how the water moves up the leaf filter.
  7. Let it dry flat and enjoy beautiful colored leaves!
  8. Picture at https://alittlepinchofperfect.com/autumn-leaves-steam-absorption-art-for-kids-to-enjoy/

For the Nature Fall Collage Art Project, you need (1) leaves and sticks, (2) glue, and (3) paper. Have your child glue leaves and sticks on paper. The artwork will be exceptional! Examples at https://theimaginationtree.com/autumn-leaf-collage/

Small Motor Skills

Fall Dot Painting https://twistynoodle.com/fall-dot-painting-coloring-page/

Finish Fall Drawings https://twistynoodle.com/finish-the-fall-drawings-coloring-page/

Practice Writing Letter H h https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-letter-h-coloring-page/

Gross Motor Skills

Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.

Many different activities are done with leaves like jumping, kicking, crushing, hopping, …