Our unit on leaves was really interesting. I was amazed at how much the kids learned and retained. Thankfully these lessons came about at the perfect time for us here in Colorado; the reality of fall and the beautiful variety of colored leaves were evident all around us. Even now, a month later, AJ will point out evergreens while we are driving and proceed to remind us that those type of trees won't lose their needles. And Addie is able to explain why leaves are initially green and why the other colors show up during fall. As for using leaves to expand their Biblical understanding, we were reminded that we live and grow in Jesus.

"He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." ~1 John 5:12

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." ~Jeremiah 17:7-8

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Here Addie was drawing the tree in our front yard.

Our library had hundreds of felt leaves scattered around the kids' play area ~ very fun!

After drying the leaves they gathered with JD, A&A used them to practice sorting, counting, classifying, etc.

We read Leaf Man then made our own leaf people.

I tried to get creative with lunch one day (an alternative to ham and cheese sandwiches). I think Addie was impressed, but you can't tell by the pic ~ the poor thing had fever.

And for the letter L, we made lemon squares ~ a family fav!