These felt leaves for the felt board can be used as props for singing songs about fall as well as activities to learn concepts about sorting. Each child can be given a leaf to bring to the board to place into the appropriate category or row at circle time. Afterwards, the children can then be asked to come back to the flannel board to remove a leaf according to the teacher's request, such as "please hand me the biggest red leaf on the board". This latter activity works well as a transition out of circle time. When the leaves are coming onto the board, the teacher can remind the children of the words used for sorting size: big, bigger and biggest as well as small, smaller and smallest. A further step is to ask the children to repeat these words to encourage language development.
Fall Leave Poem:
Five little leaves so bright and gay
Were dancing about a tree one day
The wind came blowing through the town
And one little leave came tumbling down...
Fall Leave Song (To London Bridge:)
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, red, yellow, orange and brown
