For Large Group this week, Miss Carrie introduced LEAF MAN! (Say his name in your very best superhero voice.) Leaf Man is a book by Lois Ehlert. She uses actual photographs of autumn leaves to create pictures of things that LEAF MAN sees as he flies around on the wind. Lois also illustrated one of Miss Carrie's favorite books Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Concepts and Vocabulary: colors, heavy/light, float, blow, toss, throw, animals and their sounds, yes, nose, arms, legs, tail, beak, wind, tree, fall, up/down, fast/slow, big/little, What questions, farm, vegetables, fruit, trees, lake, river.
First we read the story about LEAF MAN and tried to guess what the pictures were about.
We found a picture of leaves that looked like carrots, potatoes, and cabbages.
Another picture looked like a cow.
Then came the best part. Miss Carrie brought a box of leaves and threw them all over the floor! We played in the leaves, threw leaves in the air, piled them on teachers' heads, talked about colors, and if leaves were heavy or light.
As you go about this week, look for leaves. What color are they? Are they up in the tree or down on the ground? Which leaves are big and which are little? Do you like to throw leaves? Miss Carrie has a lot of trees at her house. She likes to jump in a great pile of leaves.
