Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Was just wondering what fun stuff other people have been up to with the leaves? We have been looking at the different shapes and colours and been doing some leaf printing. We have also been looking at the different texture and noises the fallen leaves make and have tried to think of why that might be. The children (YR) are loving playing with them so much, I would love some more ideas XXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I gave my children brooms, dustpans and brushes and they spent hours sweeping up the leaves in the playground for the caretakers! Carrots x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 We filled a tuff spot with leaves and added woodland animal puppets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 We have a small water trough filled with them. ours are having a great time too. inside we have put numbers in for them to have a hunt with, aswell as ladles, spatulas etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Leaves on the parachute are great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Leaves on the parachute are great fun! What a great idea! We laminated some of ours - great for preserving them to compare with the steadily decomposing ones in our garden! Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hello everyone! You have got some lovely ideas in here! I used lives with my children- I work as a Nanny , to make a collage by gluing them on and putting modge podge (glue). We also put a piece of paper over them and color over them with a pencil producing a rubbing. hope this gives u some more ideas! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gezabel Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I 'arrived' at preschool with a HUGE box and the children were SOOOOOOO interested I was really surprised! We talked about the colour/size/shape of the box and what they thought might be inside. They listened as they shook the box etc etc and were ecstatic when they found it was full of leaves. We spent ages throwing them in the air and watching the wind blow them in all directions and eventually they decided to keep the leaves, so they used a variety of brushes, swept them all up and put them back in the box . Typing this makes it all sound rather boring and unexciting but it was actually one of the best things we have done in a long time! Maybe one of those 'you had to be there' occasions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Autumn is a such a nice time! Except the rain! This week I am going to use conkers to make little creatures- u just need some self adhesive wobbly eyes and some cotton wool for hair and they are ready! Greate fun for the little ones- belive me I made them before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 We have rolled out some clay and put a leaf on top, a piece of paper over that and then rolled over it with a rolling pin. then we cut around the shape with a clay tool, removed the leaf and it leaves a lovely print which they can paint when it has dried out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsue Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 We mushed our leaves up in mud pies and sorted which leaves mushed the best Very messy but their problem solving and CLL was fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 What brilliant ideas, I'm going outside today to collect a pile to take with me on Monday morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Sorry if this has been suggested - going out very soon so no time to read all replies but we did lots of leaf rubbings with wax crayons - children loved seeing the patterns and shapes of the leaves on the paper, and those who used different colours, one on top of the other, created some gorgeous effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 We read 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert, an absolutely gorgeous book and all the pictures in the story are amde from leaves. We made our own Leaf Men pictures, and some children decided to animals like in the story. They look fab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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