If you don't already own a rake, get one (that is if you have leaves to rake), it makes for endless fun for the kids. They also make some wonderful kid sized rakes: like this Melissa and Doug rake, which can be purchased on Amazon for $17.99. (Lots of different ones though, just thought this one was cute).
So when raking those leaves this year, I of course did the monstrous pile in which the kids could jump, dive and throw leaves to their hearts content. There is so much more than piles that we do here, lets me have a little fun and be creative with them! (Fine, you caught me, I always having fun jumping in the leaf piles)
Mark the Year:
We always take a yearly picture with the leaves!
Simply A - Maze Them:
Make it as big or small as you want. Make it hard or extremely easy!
We went for a fairly easy one, that could be added to as time went on!
The kids had fun with the maze for hours!
Silly Pictures:
I never said I was an artist! Make pictures for the time of year: Pumpkins,
Bats, Ghosts for Halloween. A turkey for Thanksgiving. The kids can play pictionary
(have them take turns making pictures, with or without help,
then have the others guess what they made).
Bring the Learning Outdoors:
While the weather is still nice enough to be outside for extended hours
and before you are cooped up inside, take the learning out. We
did letters of the week outside in the leaves (I also made an elephant to go with it -
although it was hard to tell).
There is so much more than piles, but the plus is after all the fun, you can rake them back into those piles and jump on in! After you have had all your fun, get the kids to help with the clean-up. We always rake the leaves onto a tarp and drag it to the garden for mulch (the kids love riding on the tarp as we pull it!) Just take this time to enjoy each other and the outdoors, before lots of snow replaces it - then I will put up a new post of our winter fun!
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