Materials
5 to 10 pictures of various fruits and vegetables
3" x 5" cards
glue
marker
Instructions
1. With the children, discuss how some trees change in the fall. Talk
about how evergreen trees do not change color and how deciduous
trees do change color.
2. If the children live in an area where leaves change, talk about
those trees. Encourage the children to talk about the trees in their
neighborhoods. Have they seen any color changes?
3. At the tables, set out the materials and invite the children to cut out
leaves in fall colors, using colored construction paper. (Note: Consider
cutting out some samples for the children to follow.) The children can
also cut pictures from magazines.
4. Have the children paste their cutouts on plain construction or poster
paper to make a collage.
Poem
Fall Colors by Shirley Anne Ramaley
Orange, brown, yellow, and red,
Leaves are falling all around.
Everywhere I look I see
Many colors on the ground.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children name the colors that leaves turn?
l Do the children understand that some trees change colors while others
do not?
l Are the children able to create leaves or cut out images of leaves?
