Ghost Leaves

25 Sunday Oct 2020

Posted by melissaoconnor in Homeschool/Nature Study

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Elliot and I created our ghost leaves this afternoon to wrap up our tree study with some Halloween inspiration. I got this adorable idea from @woodlark and I just love them. We each had 3 leaves and after Elliot painted one coat, we let them dry and then I added a few more and drew the faces. Boo!

Autumn Tree Study: Part 2

24 Saturday Oct 2020

Posted by melissaoconnor in Homeschool/Nature Study

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autumncrafts, autumntreestudy, enwautumtreeweek, exploringnaturewithchildren, homeschool, learningathome, nature, trees

Finishing up with Autumn Tree Study Week, over the past few days we accomplished pretty much all that was on my list. We still need to make our ghost leaves so we will do that tomorrow.

We learned how trees grow from The Magic & Mystery of Trees by Jen Green
did some tree rubbings on two of our maple trees in the yard
Elliot traced all different types of leaf shapes (linework practice) from Trees: A Rooted History by Piotr Socha & Wojciech and Grajkowski
Had an art lesson on drawing leaves
Created a leaf collage with leaves I collected from our yard
Read Sky Tree by Thomas Locker and really loved the beautiful paintings
Read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

We both enjoyed studying trees this week. Elliot really loved that Daddy was part of some of the lessons too. Looking forward to next weeks nature study, which is all about pumpkins. Perfect timing with Halloween right around the corner.