With the leaves starting to turn into the rich colours of autumn we took off to collect a few..
COLOURS OF UK AUTUMN photo and
Colors of Fall
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Ways to use the photo:
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Colour recognition: pick out the green, red, yellows & browns of Autumn.
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Lay a piece of tracing paper over the top and see if the children can identify the coloured areas and fill with their own colours - crrayons or other mark making tools.
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Have autumn coloured playdough, a rolling pin and some
leaf shape cutters. Use the photo laminated and build own leaf fall image on top.
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Use as an autumn place mat, sorting sheets or room sign.
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Talk about what animals / creatures would like to ruffle through autumn leaves - we saw 3 squirrels on our hunt for these!!
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slugs, snails, dogs, hedgehogs, rabbits ?
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Build a role play woodland with your leaf collection - silkysteps
Bouncy squirrel mini topic £2.50
Leafy Lucky Dip fantastic idea from joshie
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Leaf creatures - Use your collection of leaves to make weird and wonderful creatures! ask the children what body parts their creature/monster has and use a black marker to add facial features.
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Written by Lois Ehlert is a perfect accompaniment to these Leafy activities.
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Leaf trouble by Jonathan Emmett explores autumnal leaf shedding through a great story.
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