As the seasons have begun to change, one of our language activities was for the children to tell all the different things they could think of about Autumn. Out of all these ideas we created a class poem. This may have been the children's first experience of a list poem, where every line starts off in the same way.
Autumn is when animals collect food.
Autumn is when some animals hibernate.
Autumn is when it gets colder.
Autumn is when hedgehogs hide under leaves.
Autumn is when the days get shorter and the nights get longer.
Autumn is when squirrels dig up the food they have hidden.
Autumn is when we plant seeds that will grow in the winter.
Autumn is when we pick apples.
Autumn is when the leaves change colour.
Autumn is when leaves fall down.
Autumn is when we rake the leaves.
Autumn is when we put the clock back one hour.
Autumn is when it’s Halloween.
With Catrin the children also worked together to create this wonderful autumn tree using their hand-prints. Do come into the classroom to admire it!
The children also created autumn illustrations which you will find here in the form of a slide-show. You will also be able to see the drawings in the classroom. There are some fabulous artists in class 2o!
If you double-click on the slide-show you can see a larger version in Picasa.
