Today we learned about the season of Autumn and Leaves.  We used our scissor skills to cut out colorful Fall leaves and then our coloring skills to make a trunk.  Then we stood up and dropped the leaves onto our tree trunks.  We had a chart and we practiced writing our numbers by counting how many of each color leaf fell onto our papers and then added them.  We finished by adding ALL the leaves that we had dropped. During circle time we read "The Busy Little Squirrel" and sang songs about Autumn Leaves.  We ate apples and bananas and drank cherry juice because those things grow on trees. Then we went outside and pretended to be busy squirrels building and filling a den for winter.  We also pretended to be little seeds which grew into great trees with roots and branches.  Then we imagined we were leaves blowing in the cool wind until we landed softly on the ground.  We also liked to pretend we were raking and then jumping into big piles of leaves. For our lesson we learned about the difference between deciduous and coniferous trees; then we walked outside to identify the trees around our home.  We found "prickly pines" and "friendly firs" and collected pine cones and leaves from all kinds of trees.  We also learned that some leaves are perfect for eating.  Some are vegetables and others are called herbs.  We smelled different herbs and looked at pictures of all kinds of edible leaves. For our craft today we made pictures using leaves.  Since there weren't enough real leaves outside to use yet  we used fabric leaves and made them look like butterfly wings or hair on a face or a dress on a stick person.    We had a wonderful time today learning about Autumn and Fall leaves and what the changing season brings.