Summer is over and fall is certainly certainly on its way. In fact, it seems as if it arrived when we weren't looking because wasn't it just too sunny and too hot out there? In Kindergarten, one of our Big Ideas in Science is that daily and seasonal changes affect all living things and therefore we keep a close eye on the weather. In September Team Awesome was surprised we changed the season from summer to fall when it seemed as if it was still summer outside but with the leaves beginning to fall they have decided that it is now indeed autumn. To notice all the changes the cooler weather has brought, we went on a 'Signs of Fall' walk around our school. We began with a review of our senses and which ones we could use to investigate changes fall has brought to the world around us. We smelled the air, we listened closely for autumn sounds, we felt the cool wind on our faces and tried to taste it with our tongues and talked about which things we love to eat in the fall (pumpkin pie!). Then we used our sense of sight and touch to search for signs of autumn in our schoolyard and finished up with a brief discussion of the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees. Throughout our walk we gathered up items Mother Nature had thrown away to make a poster to label and display so we could share our signs of fall with the rest of the school. Now, how will we make a 'Signs of Winter' poster? Comments are closed.
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