demonstrating knowledge of the alphabet and letter sounds.The skills covered in this activity include: Leaf Man Book and Beginning Sound Activity Today we are making letter-sound leaf people. Pull a little nature into the classroom, combine it with a good book, and you have an opportunity for some amazing learning to take place. It’s the perfect season to explore nature with our preschoolers. J.M: My Leaf Man is lying down and looking at the clouds to see what shapes they are.Fall is in the air and that means lots of wonderful autumn reads and outside exploration. My Leaf Girl is flying over chickens! The wind is blowing her. My Leaf Man will fly over lots of things!Į.A.: My Leaf Girl only has one leg because no other leaves can stand still.

I used sticks for the legs and ripped the leaves to make his hands and feet.

It’s about a Leaf Man that flew away, up, up, up, and his leaves fell down on him because he was blown away by a storm.Ī.F.: I used rocks for his eyes and nose. R.K: My leaf man is doing a cartwheel just like I can do on my trampoline at home!Ī: This is a portrait of a Leaf Man. Here are a few samples of the students’ work and thinking: In addition to composing pictures with found materials, I was also looking for children to express a connection with/understanding of the story we read as well as demonstrate some story telling/imaginative skills when talking about what they had made. After reading this book with my students, I created a provocation of leaves, stones, and sticks and asked the children if they could create their own leaf creature. “Leaf Man” is a story about a man made of leaves who blows across the sky over several other leaf-composed creatures (birds, farm animals, etc.). If you haven’t had the pleasure of discovering Lois Ehlert, award-winning author and illustrator of over 20 children’s books, then I highly recommend that you take a trip to your local library and check her out! This month I was reading one of my favourite Ehlert books, “Leaf Man.” For weeks the children have been bringing in leaves they have discovered on their way to school and I wanted to find a way to celebrate and encourage their discoveries.

Leaf man book