Look What We Made With A Leaf!

On Thursday, we made our animal leaf collages using the leaves we'd collected and pressed from home. It was so neat to see the different leaves everyone brought in from their yards and neighborhoods. We loved looking at our leaves and arranging them to look like all sorts of different animals! 

Animal Leaf Project

Hello Families!

Fall is in the air, which means leaves are gradually changing from various shades of green to bright yellows, reds, and oranges. We are planning on making animals out of leaves to tie in our study of plants and earth materials along with our study of animals in our community!

The first step in making leaf animals requires you to collect some leaves! Please take a walk with your child to go on a leaf hunt. Look for leaves of different colors, shapes, and sizes. All leaves are welcome!

Once you find the leaves, please prepare them so they are ready to use when they come into school:

• Soak the leaves in warm water for 5-10 minutes
• Blot the leaves dry
• Layer the leaves between several pieces of newspaper (make sure leaves are not overlapping)
• Put something heavy on top of the leaves (I usually use a few cook books!)
• Let leaves press for 5 days
• Place leaves in a baggie with your child’s name on it and return the leaves to school by Thursday, 10/26

If you want to see examples of leaf projects from the past, click here!

A Leafy Zoo in 2R!

On Wednesday, we used the leaves we collected and pressed to create our leaf animals! We got our creative juices flowing by looking at lots of examples of different leaf animal collages online as well as some examples of leaf animals from past giraffes, and then we got to work. 

After we thought of an animal to make and we carefully laid out our design, we used Elmer's glue to stick them to our papers

Here are some of the amazing animals we created using our colorful leaves:

Giraffe

Rhinos

Fox

Turkey

Bear

Turtle

Lion

Walrus waiting patiently for his dinner :)

Animal Leaf Project

Hello Families!

Fall is in the air, which means leaves are gradually changing from various shades of green to bright yellows, reds, and oranges. We are planning on making animals out of leaves to tie in our study of plants and earth materials along with our study of animals in our community!

The first step in making leaf animals requires you to collect some leaves! Please take a walk with your child to go on a leaf hunt. Look for leaves of different colors, shapes, and sizes. All leaves are welcome!

Once you find the leaves, please prepare them so they are ready to use when they come into school:

• Soak the leaves in warm water for 5-10 minutes
• Blot the leaves dry
• Layer the leaves between several pieces of newspaper (make sure leaves are not overlapping)
• Put something heavy on top of the leaves (I usually use a few cook books!)
• Let leaves press for 5 days
• Place leaves in a baggie with your child’s name on it and return the leaves to school

Leaves are due on or before Tuesday, November 1st

If you want to see some of the animal leaf collages students have made in the past, click here!

Animal Leaf Collages

On Thursday, we made our animal leaf collages using the leaves we'd collected and pressed from home. It was so neat to see the different leaves everyone brought in from their yards and neighborhoods. We loved looking at our leaves and arranging them to look like all sorts of different animals! 

First, we brainstormed about which animals we could create with our leaves and experimented with how we would arrange our leaves on our paper. 

Once we made an image that we liked, we glued each leaf down one at a time and voila! We soon had a zoo of leaf animals in 2R! Can you guess which animals these friends made?

If you guessed  a turtle, a seal, a school of fish, and a giraffe, then you guessed correctly. It was amazing to see everyone's different creations, and we cannot wait to put our collages on display in our hallway!

Animal Leaf Project

Hello Families!

Fall is in the air, which means leaves are gradually changing from various shades of green to bright yellows, reds, and oranges. In second grade, we celebrate the foliage by making animal leaf collages out of the leaves we find out in our own backyards.

The first step in making leaf animals requires you to collect some leaves. Please take a walk with your child to go on a leaf hunt--look for leaves of different colors, shapes, and sizes. All leaves are welcome!

Once you find the leaves, please prepare them so they are ready to use when they come into school:

• ·       Soak the leaves in warm water for 5-10 minutes
• ·       Blot the leaves dry
• ·       Layer the leaves between several pieces of newspaper (make sure leaves are not overlapping)
• ·       Put something heavy on top of the leaves (I usually use a few cook books!)
• ·       Let leaves press for 5-7 days
• ·       Place leaves in a baggie with your child’s name on it and return the leaves to school. We will make our leaf animals in the classroom!

 If leaves are not prepared before they are sent into the classroom, they will be too dry or delicate to glue for our collages, so please be sure to follow all the steps before sending your leaves in! 

Leaves are due by Wednesday, October 14^th

  

If you want to see examples of what last year's giraffes made, click here! 

Leaves Due Tomorrow!

Hello, Families!

Just a quick reminder that the pressed leaves for our animal collages are due tomorrow (10/14).  Please bring them into school in a baggie with your name on it. Ms. Riley made her animal leaf collage today, and she has plenty of leaves left over!

What kind of animal do you think it is?