My Leaf Book

My Leaf Book of Fall Leaves

Preschool and kindergarten observe the differences in leaf shape and color during this early childhood activity from Diana W. which can extend into a classification lesson.

Materials:

• 2 fall colors of construction paper,
• 4 white sheets of copy paper,
• Fall item stickers, red, yellow, green & brown crayons,
• Poem and yarn or staple to form a book.

Description: The cover of the book is one sheet of construction paper with the title "My Leaf Book".
Then let the children put fall stickers to decorate.
The next four pages are leaf rubbings with four different leaf shapes and four different crayons.
The last page is the second piece of construction paper with the following poem.

The leaves are falling down.
The leaves are falling down.
Red, yellow, green and brown.
The leaves are falling down.

Can be sung to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell".

When assembling the book you will have a

• Title Page,
• Red Leaf Rubbing,
• Yellow Leaf Rubbing,
• Green Leaf Rubbing,
• Brown Leaf Rubbing and finally the
• Poem.

Comments: It is fun to have the children go out to collect the leaves to be used.
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool-fall.htm