Autumn fun

Today when the children first went outside

they came across a big pile of leaves that had
fallen off the trees. Maryam, Khalad, Lujain,
Sibgha and Kareem, Rayan, Zaina and Rahma
ran over to the corner where all the leaves had
gathered and began picking them up and
throwing them in the air playfully. I watched as
they fell on your heads tickling your faces.
Rayan and Amro rode through the piles on their
bikes squealing with delight while the other
children crunched the leaves with their hands
and stomped on the leaves with their feet.
There were a lot of new sounds that you heard
and when you picked up the leaves and put them
to your noses you told me they smelled funny.
What a great learning experience for all the
children this morning, they used all all but one
of their senses.

they smelt the leaves

touching and crunching the leaves

watching as they fell from the trees

listened to the different sounds

What next? I wonder how we can taste Autumn,
maybe we can make some soup out of autumn
vegetables, or bake biscuits that look like
leaves?
T Lynda April 2016