Tot School – Autumn Leaves Theme

- Adam is 34 months old -

For Tot School this week we focused on autumn and leaves and had a lot of fun! Well, I did. I’m really looking forward to the day where he appreciates the fun, theme-y things I plan.

We read a bunch of books about leaves and autumn from the library, and sang some fun songs that I got from Carisa at 1+1+1=1 on her Fall Fun webpage. The songs all required using fake leaves to fall and blow and Adam loved singing them!

We also used the leaves to work on patterns. Adam had a hard time with this but I think it was because the leaves weren’t cut-and-dry different/the same so finding the next leaf to complete the pattern was a little confusing for him.

He blew through these leaf matching cards I also downloaded from the Fall Fun webpage. I thought it would be a little more advanced because they were all black and white so he had to focus on the details.
I had these leaves from my days of teaching singing for my church’s children’s primary so I wrote the letters of his name and we practiced putting them in the correct order. I think I’ll pull this out several more times in the next few weeks.

Adam reluctantly agreed to color these pictures I got from the Crayola website. He’s just not into coloring these days. I hear it’s quite common for boys to be less interested than girls.
I got this fun “Falling Leaves” craft from Carisa’s Fall Fun webpage (again). This is the first piece of children’s artwork that has graced our home (aside from being stuck to the fridge) and I love it!

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We went on a nature walk to collect leaves.

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We used our leaves to make sun catchers. I really hate contact paper but I am thrilled with the result! The sun really glows through the leaves and we were blessed with one beautifully sunny day before the clouds and rain set in. Hopefully we’ll get more sun so we can enjoy our pretty sun catchers!

Together we made our favorite fall treat….Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread. So yummy!
Some of the things in Adam’s “Tot Boxes” this week were his foam alphabet puzzle (he really loves to pop the letters out when he’s done)

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Color Matching Wheel
He did so much better than he did about a month ago. Last time he had a really hard time pinching the clothespins but this time, he just needed me to hold the wheel up for him.
As always, a favorite was his beads. This time I suggested he use a measuring spoon to transfer the beads to the ice cube tray.

Check out the Tot School links over at 1+1+1=1 for more ideas of what you can do with your tot! Also, Carisa has some really great printables and ideas for just about any theme you could want to do with your kids. And they are all free!