Fall Is Here!

It's fall time and we are getting ready for this new season. We are laying the foundation of what the fall looks like and giving the children lots of positive experiences outdoors.



The children went on a walk to observe the world around us at this time of year. We found lots of different color leaves on the ground and on the trees. We picked up the leaves, touched them, jumped in them and watched them fall when we threw them in the air.

Now that we had a better understanding of the words "tree" and "leaves" we took a look at the bare tree in our classroom. Morah asked the children, "Does this tree have any leaves?" The children replied in the negative. Morah then asked if we would like to paint a picture of leaves for the tree. Some of us were very excited at that and went quickly to get a smock. We painted many different color leaves and now our tree has lots of leaves like the ones we saw outside. We have been singing fall songs to help us learn new vocabulary words and learn about the new season.
Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
I'm a tree so tall, tall, tall
Now my leaves must fall, fall, fall
The leaves are tumbling, tumbling down
They're red and orange, yellow and brown
I'm a tree so tall, tall, tall
Now my leaves must fall, fall, fall

While we sing, we hold different color leaves with our hands up high like a tall tree. When we come to the words that the leaves fall, the children let go of the leaves and watch them tumble to the ground. Here they can pretend to be like trees and do what trees do so they can have a better understanding of what the fall season means.
The children have been practicing their color recognition and sorting skills by sorting different color foam leaves. We sort them by matching the color of the leaves to the color of the basket.



We have begun creating a fall story book about the different color leaves. We have introduced the colors red, orange, and yellow and will continue to notice and speak about colors throughout the day as it comes up.

There is a new addition on the wall of our library area! Many pictures were put up of the children in our class doing different activities. The pictures are on the children's eye level so they can interact with the photos. The children really enjoy looking at the pictures of themselves and their friends and have been talking to each other about the people they see and the things they are doing. This hones our observation skills as well as our vocabulary

We found a worm!

Hey look what I see! There's a worm in our classroom!
We were intrigued by what we saw and watched the worm crawl all around.

One of the children exclaimed, "He's coming to my shoe."
Morah replied, "What will happen if your shoe goes on the worm?"
"It can get squished. Let's move our feet away from the worm so it won't get hurt."

Another child wanted to touch the "worm". Morah reminded us to be careful and gentle with it. The children gently touched the worm and were amazed when it curled up into a spiral and then stretched itself out again.

Morah then asked "Where does the worm belong?"
"The worm belongs outside. We can put him outside in the garden so he can feel comfortable."
We then prepared to go outside by putting on our jackets, and we let the worm crawl onto a paper so we can carry him outside.

Notice how the children:
-Are eager to explore the things around them
-Used their observation and communication skills as they engaged with the worm
-Learned that we can care for animals
-Expanded their knowledge of knowing where different things belong