Inch by Inch, Row by Row

On Friday, we went outside to explore our school garden and get it ready for fall planting! 

We met a few of our PTO Volunteers out in the garden to help do some fall planting. We planted daffodil bulbs that will grow into beautiful flowers in the spring!

We each put on a pair of gardening gloves and grabbed a shovel before planting our bulbs in the ground

One of our twins even got to plant a "twin" bulb!! 

Afterwards, we got to explore around in and around our garden, looking for plants and insects and sharing what we already know about gardens with our friends

We looked at many of the fallen leaves and acorns that were on the ground around the garden and we were able to determine that the leaves we found were from maple and oak trees, and we learned that maple leaves turn red because of all the sugar in their leaves! We love watching the leaves change color outside, and we can't wait to see our daffodils brighten up our garden in the spring. 

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 :)