The kids LOVE fall! 
The leaves are beautiful on the trees and soooo fun as their falling and piling high! Capitalizing on their love, we spent some time learning about leaves and how to use them to ID trees. They now recognize maples, oaks, magnolias, and others (I must admit this was all new to me, too. In California I could only ID palm trees :) Together with some friends we visited a local nursery where we had a variety of trees to compare. 
We learned to use keys to identify the trees. 
We then did leaf rubbings, leaf collecting, pressed some leaves and created a leaf person. 
We even planted acorns we collected so we can grow our own oak trees!
And to finish, we're putting together a great tree notebook with all of our creations. Now we just have to patiently wait for spring so we can learn about flowers. I can't wait!
The leaves are beautiful on the trees and soooo fun as their falling and piling high! Capitalizing on their love, we spent some time learning about leaves and how to use them to ID trees. They now recognize maples, oaks, magnolias, and others (I must admit this was all new to me, too. In California I could only ID palm trees :) Together with some friends we visited a local nursery where we had a variety of trees to compare. We learned to use keys to identify the trees. We then did leaf rubbings, leaf collecting, pressed some leaves and created a leaf person. We even planted acorns we collected so we can grow our own oak trees!And to finish, we're putting together a great tree notebook with all of our creations. Now we just have to patiently wait for spring so we can learn about flowers. I can't wait!
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