Materials
sidewalk chalk
Instructions
1. Gather the children together and read them Lois Ehlert's Leaf Man.
2. Discuss leaves with the children, focusing on how leaves fall in the autumn.
3. Bring the children outside and have them collect leaves. Return to the
classroom with the children.
4. Provide construction paper, glue sticks, markers, and googly eyes the children
can use to make leaf people and leaf animals from the leaves they find. Help
the children glue their leaf people and animals to the construction paper. The
children may draw directly on the leaves, as well as on the paper around the
leaves.
5. Talk with the children about their leaf creations. Ask the children what their
leaf creations' names are, and so on.
6. Hang the leaf people and leaf animals in the classroom.
s o n g
Leaf Man by Kristen Peters
(Tune: "Are You Sleeping")
Where is leaf man? Where is leaf man?
Made of leaves, made of leaves.
Yellow, red, and orange;
Green, brown, and purple;
Colors are seen, colors are seen.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children identify the season in which leaves fall?
l What kind of leaf people and leaf animals do the children create?
