Virtual Pop-Up Studio by Williams, Tammie Cheree https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj Looking at Leaves: Children practice their observation skills by comparing leaves en-us 2022-10-29 15:23:47 UTC 2025-10-28 10:39:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Goal CD-1: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361731455 Explore objects, tools, and materials systematically to learn about their properties (weigh an object, observe something from top of the object to the bottom).  CD-1k

Express knowledge gathered through their senses using play, art, language, and other forms of representation.  CD-1l

Organize and use information through matching, grouping, and sequencing. CD-1n]]> 2022-10-29 21:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361731455 Goal CD-5: Children demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361732452 Plan to act out senses based on books, stories, everyday life, and imagination.  CD-5s

Plan and complete artistic creations such as drawings, paintings, collages, and sculptures.  CD-5t]]> 2022-10-29 21:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361732452 Goal APL-1: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361739169 Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.  APL-1m

Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.  APL-1

Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills (e.g. writing name, building skills). APL-1p]]> 2022-10-29 21:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361739169 Goal APL-4: Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361739450 Use materials or actions in increasingly varied and resourceful ways to represent experiences or ideas.  APL-4n.

Offer new ideas about how to do or make things. APL-4h.]]> 2022-10-29 21:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361739450 Fiction Children Literature book: "Leaf Man" by Lois Ehlert tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817411 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndu51wy3wFw
read aloud 

This book is about a leaf man. The Fall season is here, and the wind blows from place to place. Students can use their imagination and spot the different characters the leaf makes as it travels. Students can also identify, observe, compare, and name the different types of leaves. ]]> 2022-10-30 02:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817411 Magnifying Glass to observe leaves on nature walk. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817610 Students will be using the magnifying glass to help them observe closely at the leaves they see throughout their nature walk. They will be able to use their 5 senses to help them explore what they discover on their nature walk.]]> 2022-10-30 02:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817610 Different types of leaves tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817792 Students will be able to go on a nature walk and pick out a leaves and nature items on their own to dissect and observe. There will also be a bag of different leaves already prepicked for the students to compare and observe indoors during the lesson and for their art project.]]> 2022-10-30 02:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817792 Totes to place the leaves they pick from outside tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817979 Students will each have a tote to place their nature items in as they explore and discover leaves on their nature walk.]]> 2022-10-30 02:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361817979 Pencil and Clipboard tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818188 Each student will have their own clipboard and pencil so they can write/draw on their observation worksheet. The observation worksheet will be based on the 5 senses and they will be able to write/draw what they see, hear, feel and smell during their nature walk and exploration on leaves.]]> 2022-10-30 02:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818188 Construction paper tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818334 Construction paper will be used to place the students' leaf critter on. The students will also be able to create a background for their critter. Example: in the water, on land, in the tree, or in the sky.]]> 2022-10-30 02:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818334 Crayons, Markers, Colored Pencils tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818484 These items will be used by the students to help them create their background for their leaf critter. This will help the students imagination with color and come to life.]]> 2022-10-30 02:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818484 Paint and Paint brushes tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818629 Students will also have the option of using paint with the paint brushes to create the background for their leaf critters. Paint will provide color and pop on their construction paper when creating their background.]]> 2022-10-30 02:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818629 Wiggle Eyes tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818739 These items will be used during the art project for their leaf critters. Students will be able to use their own creativity and create their own leaf character. ]]> 2022-10-30 02:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361818739 Music & Movement: The Five Senses tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361822191 (To the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes")
Point to eyes, wiggle fingers, point to mouth, point to the nose, and point to ears as you sing the song.

See, Touch, Taste, Smell and Hear, Smell and Hear
See, Touch, Taste, Smell and Hear, Smell and Hear
Senses Observe things far and near.
See, Touch, Taste, Smell and Hear, Smell and Hear.

or there is a song I found on youtube that would work well too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTUFwjg8UWU

These songs help the students identify the 5 senses, what each sense does, and from what part of the body those senses can be used.

Cite Source:
Council for Environmental Education. (2009). Growing up wild: Exploring nature with young children. 


]]> 2022-10-30 02:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361822191 Leaf Poem (5 senses) tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361824620 See the leaves:
Green
Golden
And Brown

Feel the leaves:
Fuzzy
Smooth
Bumpy

Smell the leaves:
Spicy
Fresh
And Crisp

Hear the leaves:
Rustle
Crackle
Crunch

Pile the leaves:
Run, Jump
Laugh
And Roll


This poem is also read to the students to remind them about the five senses and what to look for when they start their nature walk to observe leaves.

Cite Source:
Council for Environmental Education. (2009). Growing up wild: Exploring nature with young children. 

]]> 2022-10-30 02:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361824620 Goal APL-2: Children actively seek to understand the world around them. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361831637 Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events. APL-2l

Use all available senses, tools, and variety of strategies to explore the environment.  APL-2j

Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on past experience (use a magnifying glass that the class used before to explore something new). APL-2m]]> 2022-10-30 03:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361831637 Learning the 5 senses in song. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361846945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVypyNsNYp0

Leaf Poem (5 senses)
See the leaves:
Green
Golden
And Brown

Feel the leaves:
Fuzzy
Smooth
Bumpy

Smell the leaves:
Spicy
Fresh
And Crisp

Hear the leaves:
Rustle
Crackle
Crunch

Pile the leaves:
Run, Jump
Laugh
And Roll

Think, pair, and share routines would be an excellent way for students to understand how to use their senses for their nature walk to observe the leaves. This will also allow the students to use their social skills to discuss what the poem means and what each word could mean.  The five senses would be a guided activity.  The teacher will read each stanza and then allow the students to talk to their neighbors and discuss what they think the stanza means.  Think, pair and share allow the students to work together and get different perspectives of what the poem may mean.

]]> 2022-10-30 04:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361846945 Nature walk to observe leaves tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847063 In this activity, students are to explore and discover different leaves outside.  There is an observation sheet where the students note what they hear, smell, see, and touch.  They can draw pictures or write their experiences in each box.  Students can use the see, think, and wonder routine to help them in this activity.  They can ask what do I see?, What do you think about that?, and What does it make you wonder?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZo8xOnHpw4

]]> 2022-10-30 04:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847063 Leaf Sorting Activity tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847232 Nature-Based Play with Matching Sticks 
This activity allows students to use their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to understand the difference and comparison of the leaves. The teacher will have students in groups. Each group will have a handful of leaves on their table. The teacher will have her leaves of each kind on popsicle sticks. Whenever the teacher shows a particular leaf on a stick, the students will then pick that similar leaf at the table. Then the students can count and explain the shape, color, length, texture, and size. Once students have separated what they have at their table. Students can work together and record what they have observed (how many little leaves do your see? How many big leaves do you see? How many leaves do you have that are smooth, shiny, or dull? The routine used in this exercise is shape, colors, and lines. This routine encourages detailed observation of the different types of leaves.

The below link is another way to sort leaves.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kQShheJgHWg


]]> 2022-10-30 04:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847232 Leaf Critters tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847637 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmoH6_ZZ2y4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va7beubOF-A

Students in this lesson will use different leaves to create an animal. They will place their animal on construction paper and make a background for their leaf animal. Students will use their imagination and creativity to create their works of art. Thinking with images is the routine that can be used in this activity. Students will be able to use the images and examples used in the fiction book "Leaf Man" to help them come up with an idea to create a leaf critter. What did leaf man run into as the wind blew him from place to place?

Cite Source:
Council for Environmental Education. (2009). Growing up wild: Exploring nature with young children. 


]]> 2022-10-30 04:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361847637 Concepts tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361849768 Color
Shapes
Five senses
creativity
comparison/different
observation
leaves
parts of the leaves
sizes
sorting/categorizing/grouping
texture of leaves
imagination
paint
problem-solving
critical thinking skills


]]> 2022-10-30 04:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361849768 Quality Questions tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361849936 What color is the leaf?

What shape and texture is the leaf?

what does observation mean?

What did you see, smell, feel , and hear during your observation of leaves during the nature walk?

What type of creature will you create?

What leaves did you find? Can you identify the name?

Which tree do you think the red leaf came from? the green leaf? the small leaves? the rounded leaf? the pointy leaf? etc.

What different ways might you sort the leaves given to you?

How many groups can you make?

How are the group of leaves different? How do they compare?]]> 2022-10-30 04:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361849936 Goal ESD-4: Children form relationships and interact positively with other children tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361880803 Demonstrate social skills when interacting with other children (turn-taking, conflict resolution, sharing).  ESD-4p

Play and interact cooperatively with other children (work on projects together, exchange ideas). ESD-4t]]> 2022-10-30 06:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361880803 Goal LDC-2: Children participate in conversations with peers and adults in one-on-one, small and larger groups interactions. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361881922 Initiate and carry on conversations that involve multiple back and forth communications or turns between the persons involved in the conversation.  LDC-2m

Participate in group discussion, making comments and asking questions related to the topic. LDC-2o]]> 2022-10-30 06:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361881922 Goal LDC-7: Children respond to and use a growing vocabulary. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361882841 Repeat familiar songs, chants, or rhymes.  LDC-7o

Use a growing vocabulary that includes many different kinds of words to express ideas clearly. LDC-7p]]> 2022-10-30 06:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361882841 Goal LDC-9: Children comprehend and use information presented in books and other print media. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361883728 Use informational texts and other media to learn about the world, and infer from illustrations, ask questions and talk about the information.  LDC-9p

Ask more focused and detailed questions about a story or the information in a book.  LDC-9s

Discussing storybooks by responding to questions about what is happening and predicting what will happen next. LDC-9t]]> 2022-10-30 06:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361883728 Goal LDC-13: Children use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361884143 Represent thoughts and ideas in drawing and by writing letters or letter-like forms. LDC-13f]]> 2022-10-30 06:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361884143 Goal CD-10: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361886037 Show they understand that putting two groups of objects together will make a bigger group and that a group of objects can be taken apart into smaller groups.  CD-10s

Match numerals 1-5 to sets of objects, with guidance and support. CD-10u]]> 2022-10-30 06:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361886037 Goal CD-11: Children compare, sort, group, organize and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361886872 Use descriptive language for size, length, or weight (short, tall, long, heavy, big).  CD-11l

Directly compare more than two objects by size, length, or weight.  CD-11n

Sort a group of objects (0-10) using an attribute (color, size, shape, quantity) with increasing accuracy. CD-11p]]> 2022-10-30 06:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361886872 Goal CD-14: Children observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361887382 Collect items from nature (rocks, leaves) and classify them using physical characteristics (color, size, shape, texture). CD-14k]]> 2022-10-30 06:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361887382 Goal CD-15: Children explore the world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations. tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361888106 Represent what they learn during scientific exploration through drawing, modeling, building, movement, or other methods.  CD-15n

Compare objects, materials and phenomena by observing and describing their physical characteristics. CD-15p]]> 2022-10-30 06:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361888106 Looking at Leaves Observation sheet tcw75221 https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361920391 Above is the observation worksheet students will be able to note their experiences while on their nature walk. The students can use pictures or words to help describe what they see, hear, feel, and smell. The routine used for this exercise would be the color, symbol, and Image routine. Using this routine will allow the students to help use color, symbols, or images to describe what they experience on their nature walk to discover leaves.

Cite source:
Council for Environmental Education. (2009). Growing up wild: Exploring nature with young children. 

]]> 2022-10-30 08:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tcw75221/72d2a6rx9hx3nwpj/wish/2361920391