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Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.

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This week we looked at the wonderful book Fletcher and the Falling LeavesFletcher the fox finds that his favorite tree has started to lose its leaves. Fetcher panics. He does everything in his power to help the tree keep its leaves, but it seems futile. The leaves keep falling off and other animals keep carting them off.
By the end of the book, Fletcher understands more about the life cycle of a tree and how the tree can be given a new look for the winter.

 

What did we do with Fletcher and the Falling Leaves?

Foam Tree

 

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.

 
 
I created leaves out of foam for JDaniel to play with the fridge after dipping them in water. I  also placed a paper tree trunk in a plastic magnetic sleeve that normally holds JDaniel’s preschool calendar. I love found it at The Christmas Tree Shops and it is great for school calendars and artwork.
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.

 JDaniel was able to place the leaves on the tree in the sleeve.
Oh! These leaves could also be played with on the side of a bathtub or on a shower door.
Leaf Counting

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.

 

JDaniel had to place the correct number of leaves on a plate to match the number on the center of the plate. We used leaves that we had gathered at a local park and from our yards.

Word Family Trees and Leaves

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I created trees with word families on them and JDaniel had to match the leaves that word family. He isn’t reading yet, but he can look for a word with the same ending. We read the words on the leaves together.

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.- Word Family Trees

Here is some wonderful post that linked up last week:
 

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Read.Explore.Learn.

 
 
Learning is Messy shared her take on Ten Red Apples. I love the flannel activity she used to retell the story.

 
 
What have you been doing to explore books this week?
 
 
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  1. The book sounds adorable. I don’t have many nice Fall books , will have to check this out!

  10. Love the trees.. Yesterday Ben and I brought some leaves in from outside and put them between wax paper and ironed the wax paper with a hot iron..He thought this was so cool.. I used to do this with my mom and they stay looking very nice for a long time..
    you are very creative… ta ta for now from Iowa:)

  11. I love the leaf counting activity and the foam tree, such a neat idea! We def need to check out Fletcher and the Falling Leaves =)

  12. I love the word families idea!
    Those foam leaves are too cute! Mine would definitely play with them in the tub….They are using foam ABC’s in there right now!

  14. 🙂 This sounds a fun way to with the alphabet, JD Mom. It might be a little ahead of our three-year old pre K’er though. She does pretty well know her alphabet, numbers, shapes, etc. My SIL is the stay-at-home dad, I might show him some of what you are doing. They live in London but will be visiting them in about a month.

    Thank you for peeking in on my letter “T”. JD might like that old car or some of the hot rods on the link I have.

  24. Your post just got me super excited and totally in the mood for Fall, my FAVORITE time of year. What awesome activities you do w/ JDaniel!! Love them all! Thanks for letting me know about your post. Love it!! 🙂

  25. I love all your leaf projects! I recognize some of them from my kids’ schoolwork!

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