Saturday, October 27, 2012

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool: October 22nd - October 26th: More Fall Fun!

Fall is our favorite season.. I think! Crisp cool mornings, warm afternoons.  Gorgeous blue skies and trees ablaze with beautiful leaves.  This week we did some of our favorite fall activities.  We read We're Going On A Leaf Hunt, a favortite of the children, as well as The Best Gift of All .

Monday, the children painted coffee filter leaves. 
The older children used eye droppers to drop water with food coloring onto the "leaves".


The younger children used brushes.


The results were gorgeous!





During TableTime, the children were able to practice making letters!




We also did leaf rubbings.  This is a yearly tradition for us!
We lightly taped a variety of leaves to cardstock, then clipped a sheet of paper on top.  The children used crayons (trying to remember to use the sides of the crayon) to color all over the paper.






On Friday we used the same cardstock with leaves taped on to sponge paint over. 



After the children were done painting, we carefully lifted the leaves and look at the results!



We had such great Outside Times that I am going to have to make some extra posts, over the next few days, just to be able to share all the pictures!  But for now, here are a few!











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19 comments:

  1. AngelaOctober 27, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    I really really enjoyed this post! Your playschool looks amazing! The crafts all turned out beautifully and children all look so happy playing outside. Our favorite season is fall too!

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  2. mountain girlOctober 28, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    Love the leaf art! And do you think that baby girl is looking like her daddy? :)

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    1. Hannah WhiteOctober 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM

      I do! Isn't is a mystery to see who they look like after babyhood?!

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  3. Happy Whimsical HeartsOctober 28, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    Lovely happy days at your place :-) Those little chalkboards are so sweet, did you make them? And thanks for sharing on Happy Family Times x

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    1. Hannah WhiteOctober 29, 2012 at 8:39 PM

      I *think* we got them at AC Moore/Michaels craft store.

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  4. Coombe MillOctober 29, 2012 at 2:21 AM

    Your preschool looks so amazing and your blog posts are just the best advert! I'm sure everyone reading just wishes they lived close enough to join up! For now I will have to make to with enjoying your posts and steeling some of your lovely ideas to share with friends here! We have children the age of your preschool on our farm on holiday and it's lovely to give them some rainy day craft ideas and even develop some for my older children. I hope the threatened Hurricane leaves you all unharmed and a few leaves still on he trees! Thank you for supporting Country Kids and I am delighted to be carrying the linky on into year two so please do stay with me.

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    1. Hannah WhiteOctober 29, 2012 at 8:40 PM

      So glad you have this linky party and YES we will be there most every week!

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  5. maryanne @ mama smilesOctober 29, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    I adore the leaf paintings. And my, your baby is gorgeous!

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  6. tina at septemberOctober 29, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    oh, I love the leaf hunt book! the kids look so happy :) lovely pictures!

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  7. Vanessa @ See Vanessa CraftOctober 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM

    Such fun leaf activities! I'll have to try some of them with my little guy :)

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  8. Hey Mommy, Chocolate MilkOctober 30, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    We like leaf rubbings around here. I also liked the negative space painting. We need to try that! This is great! I would love for you to add this to my Mom's Library Link-up!
    http://heymommychocolatemilk.blogspot.com/2012/10/moms-library-link-up-3-for-me.html

    Thanks and Be Blessed,
    Julie

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  9. RedTedArtOctober 31, 2012 at 6:00 AM

    Wonderful looks like more fall fun indeed! love the leaf reliefs too!

    Thanks for sharing on Kid Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  10. VeronicaNovember 1, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    I loved your coffee filter leaves. Those filters are really great for sucking up those colors. And the effect possibilities are endless. very fun.

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  11. Andie JayeNovember 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    the leaf paintings are lovely! so cute to see them all running outside in their matching outfits... just darling! thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!

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  12. Maro's kindergartenNovember 2, 2012 at 6:06 AM

    I enjoyed this post very much! Coming over from Sun scholars! I just did a leaves unit too check it out for more fun ideas with your kids! http://maros-kindergarten.blogspot.gr/2012/11/blog-post.html

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  13. CarrieNovember 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    What a wonderful week! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  14. AnnetteNovember 4, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    What an exciting week! My kids always love leaf rubbings. It's funny how it's always a surprise.

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  15. Bethany @ No Twiddle TwaddleNovember 4, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    Wow! What a fun set of activities. I do love the fall too. Thanks for linking up with The Children's Bookshelf!

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  16. AnnetteNovember 7, 2012 at 3:08 AM

    BTW, I love the itty bitty slates. Where did you find them?
    Thanks for visiting Waldorf Wednesday. Hope to see you back this week!
    http://ourseasonsofjoy.com/seasons-of-joy/waldorf-wednesday-11/

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