Happy Fall Y’all! ;)

This week we did a unit study with the book, When the Frost is on the Punkin.  We also read parts of Crinkleroot’s Nature Almanac (Arnosky), Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (Ehlert), Leaf Man (Ehlert), and Why Do Leaves Change Color? (Maestro).  We didn’t do a lapbook; we stuffed everything in the pockets of a folder instead!   Here are some random pictures of our week.

Simon painting with some fall colors

Simon reading Trains
 

Elijah painting (with TWO brushes)

Elijah’s Draw Write Now

 

Pumpkin Pie (from a real pumpkin!)
We used this recipe

Elijah getting the pumpkin ready to bake

Pouring the Pumpkin Pie Filling

Finished Pie

Fall Tree Painting
Instructions found here

Blowing the ink (to make the tree)

Chromatography Experiment

The colors separated! There is yellow in a spinach leaf!  
Who knew?

Fall Paper Bag Album
Instructions to make a paper bag album
For the inside, we found a fun idea in Crinkleroot’s Nature Almanac.  Elijah insisted that we do this!   You trace a leaf then color it in (we used oil pastels).  Cut it out and paste it in your book.

Final Folder

Left Pocket:  Lifecycle of a pumpkin, Cheerfulness Who’s Who Book, Bible verse pumpkin, Fall Funny Faces Page, Watercolor/Ink Painting

Right Pocket:  Rhyme Scheme, Fall Paper Bag Album, Handwriting, Fall Colors (not pictured) 

Bible Verse Pumpkin

Happy pumpkin-pickin’ and pie-bakin’!