Fall is in the air! The leaves are changing colors and it’s time to break out the autumn activities. Here is a beginning sounds activity that pairs beautifully with Lois Ehlert’s book, Leaf Man. It’s this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids featured book.
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The Book: Leaf Man
Lois Ehlert is one of my favorite authors for young children. We have enjoyed so many of her books full of wonderful collage illustrations. Leaf Man is a great fall read especially when you pair it with the activity below.
The Activity: Leaf Sticker Tree
Materials Needed: foam leaf stickers, permanent marker, and the picture tree (see below)
Purpose: Kids will identify the beginning sounds in words and then match the sounds to the letters.
- Print a copy of the picture tree. See the free printable below.
- On foam leaf stickers write the following letters: m, k, s, l, t, a, y, d, b, r, h, p, u, w, and z with a permanent marker.
- Show the child the tree and name each picture with her.
- Lay out the letter leaves and identify each letter with the child.
- Ask the child to pick one leaf and find the picture that begins with the same sound the letter represents.
- Place the sticker on top of the picture and repeat.
- When all pictures have been covered, the tree will be filled with fall leaves.
This activity is a fun way to help kids connect letters with sounds.
Get your FREE picture tree to use with the activity.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TREE PRINTABLE
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- Write Your Name In Leaves – Adventures of Adam
- Learning Fun With Leaves – Clare’s Little Tots
- Preschool Printable Counting Leaves-CraftCreateCalm
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- Preschool Leaf Science Experiment – Preschool Powol Packets
- Simple Preschool Science: Leaf Matching Activity– School Time Snippets
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- Basic Math with Fall Leaves for Preschoolers – Views From a Step Stool
- Leaf Color Sorting – My Bored Toddler
- Leaf Art ~ Prewriting Patterns for Fall
- Leaf Tracing Pre-Writing Activity – Books and Giggles
- Leaf puppets
- The Educators’ Spin On It
- Follow the leaves: Cardinal Directions and Map Skills for kids – Extremely Good Parenting
- Leaf Art – Making scenes/people with leaves – Mama Smiles
- Exploring Leaf Shapes – Nature Walk Activity – To be a Kid Again
- Leaf Shapes Fingerprint Activity – Artsy Momma
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Clare's Little Tots says
We have the same stickers, never thought to write letters on them what a fab idea and fun way to learn.
Jodie Rodriguez says
Glad you have a new use for them now. 🙂
Colleen Beck says
What a fun Fall activity! My kids will love it 🙂
Jodie Rodriguez says
Thank you Colleen!