Last week we ended our week by sketching a beautiful tree on our playground. I'm so happy we did because after the windy weather, all the leaves are on the ground with the exception of a few. Monday we took a walk around our school to collect some leaves.
We used the leaves we collected to graph our favorite leaf color.
We found that the students liked the red leaves the best.
Next, we took another leaf from our collection to sketch. We looked at the shape, color, and size of the leaves.
We then took leaves we found on our walk and created some leaf rubbings.
(I made these crayons over the summer. They are easy to make. If you are interested... unwrap old crayons, cut them into small pieces, put them in a muffin tin with like colors (no cupcake paper), put them in the oven on 230 for about 15 minutes. Let them cool or pop them in the oven for a bit. You then have some really amazing crayons! You can google "homemade crayons" or visit this link for a picture step-by-step process of how to make them.
With being busy on our field trip we were unable to complete our leaf rubbing murals. I will be sure to post some photos once they are completed.
We also made leaf sun catchers! They have not been hung (again from being busy with our field trip) but they will be soon!
I will post some pictures of our final creations next week. I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend. Take care and I look forward to sharing next weeks investigations with you soon!
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