A thematic unit on Autumn and all its loveliness
Cloud dough with all the senses
An Autumn hunt to find bits for our cloud dough recipe
Art in imaginary Autumn play
Hibernation play
Some snuggly Autumn reading books, including our favourite Cosy Book.
A pumpkin guesstimation investigation
Do pumpkins float or sink?
They float! We talked about density and molecules.
Do they have more or less than 100 seeds?
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Counting in 10s - this pumpkin had more than 100 seeds! |
Scoopy-slimey
Pumpkin pie
Some seeds for roasting...
And some for planting
While the pumpkin pie baked, Sunbaby did some lovely reading.
The seeds roasted beautifully
And Sunbaby made a smashing pie!
Hilarity watching a pumpkin boat race
Sunbaby role-played as a bear, and we went to the woods to identify the trees growing there.
Bark rubbing.
We found oak, ash, apple and silver birch trees.
Freedom
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is one of our absolute favourites!
Making hedgehogs
A bat trail to an Autumn bath
Baking with this big brother
A morning about snowy owls, tawny owls and eagle owls.
Woodland animals
Firework sentences and handwriting practise.
Firework painting
Firework poetry
And this one.
Harvesting sunflower seeds from the sunflowers Sunbaby planted in Spring.
Sunflower art
Reading about European birds
Making pumpkin pom poms
For the Pumpkin Patch
Wax crayons for fireworks and a watercolour sky. Oil and water do not mix, so Sunbaby was able to paint the sky by just painting over her crayon work. Lovely!
Onomatopoeic firework words and learning how an exclamation mark can change the delivery of a sentence.
Spelling and writing
Making a mushroom
A mushroom house for hedghogs
Autumn cutting and lots of discussions about native birds
We made the pumpkin pom poms into a hedgehog.
The mushroom dried, ready for glittery spots. Cool fungi.
A bird feeder out of a large pine cone, peanut butter and lots of different seeds
Cloves to make the house smell lovely
And a lovely smell recipe for the hob: lemons, oranges, cinnamon and cloves
Another pumpkin for sharpie drawing
Sunbaby was feeling a little under the weather today, but that didn't stop her from making...
.. Autumn gonk pictures with oil pastels and chalk pastels
A bat wreath
And the best, most glittery binoculars for hiding in a bird hide.
We found the cat bird watching too!
