Posts filed under ‘Activities’
Identifying Fall Leaves
What kind of leaf do you have?
Steve Nix has created an interactive quiz that will lead you directly to the answer. Even the weird leaf we picked up at the library was no problem – it’s a birch. Very satisfying.
About.Com: Tree Leaf Key
More Activities for learning about Autumn:
Project Learning Tree has activities for signs of fall, looking at leaves, a tree life cycle, and more.
Author Beth Harpaz appreciates some of the events of Autumn in the article, Searching for Early Signs of Fall.
Beautiful Bears
More than 50 well-dressed bears were up for auction at the Lincoln Public Library.
We went to see the bears, but first we dressed up a bear of our own. For ideas, we looked at pictures online, but Carolyn couldn’t decide, so I pulled out some of the doll clothes and stuff we have. Immediately after seeing a cute greenish dress, Carolyn was decided – she wanted to dress her bear up as a baby. We had great fun gathering up props, wrapping the “baby” in a blanket, and filling up a “diaper bag.” She carefully considered the options – toy stroller, toy carseat, or diaper bag, and chose the diaper bag. She is a very careful and meticulous girl. It’s one of the things I love about her and one of the things that I think would make school a hard match for her.
Read about the Bear Auction on the Valley Breeze site, or look at pictures of well-dressed bears online at The Vermont Teddy Bear Factory and Build-A-Bear.
Printables: Bees and Hexagons
I have a pet peeve about being scared of bees, which probably signifies some sort of deep psychological issue. Analysis will be saved for another day; today I want to do a little bee advocacy.
Make yourself a lovely bee hive with some Hexagonal Graph Paper and some yellow paint or crayons. To make storage easier, print two pieces and staple them together to form a pocket.
Next, add Adorable Bees, made even cuter by cutting wings out of vellum.
Attach the wings with a small craft brad and glue the head on top of the brad.
