Noticing Fall in Extended Day

Fall Is Here!

     On a beautiful fall day, the Extended Day yeledim took a walk to experience signs of the season.  We collected colorful leaves, some acorns, pecans and twigs.  We found enough to fill two paper bags!

Eli notices the colorful leaves. 

Liana picks some pine needles left at the curb.

     We noticed that some leaves are red, yellow, brown or green.  We found some pine branches, too--evergreens!  We found leaves from a maple tree, some from an elm and others from an oak tree.  We spotted two palm trees, too!

Above:  Riva and Dovid searching for colorful leaves, acorns and more.

Leora shows the Morahs her acorns. 

     Above:  And Sylvia shows us her pecan cluster.  We have a lot of these by our ship on the upper playground!

     We continued on our way, collecting leaves and nuts--we found so much! (Below:  noticing our environment and picking up a collection of leaves, acorns, etc.)

     Above:  Maya and Gaia make a plan while Alex and Leo look on. 

     Later in the week, we used our fall samples for some art work.  We used the colors of fall--orange, red, yellow, green--to trace and make impressions of our leaves and twigs.

Yonah uses his chalk to make a twig shape. 

Margot makes a leaf outline.

Liana and Maya work side-by-side.  Liana picked the biggest leaf ever!

Leora works with a twig.

Orli gets ready to take some pics.

Orli takes a photo of Levi at work.  We noticed that the children have impressive photography skills!

 
    
     Our day was almost finished.  All of a sudden, a lizard appeared!  We think it's the same lizard that lives under the "stage" and makes its appearance every now and then.  We were gentle!  Amiel placed a twig near the lizard and it climbed on.   A Morah then put the lizard in a garden bed outside the gate, away from the playground.  Within a few minutes, it was back--it had climbed on the fence and was looking at us!  (Pictured: Amiel, Hudson, Dovid and Adom looking at the lizard.  That lizard is hard to spot--in the second photo, we circled the lizard in black marker to make it easier to find.  We were amazed!)

The Extended Day Morahs--Enjoying the Fall with the Extended Day Yeledim