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Autumnal Equinox

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This past Saturday marked the Autumnal Equinox ... the Fall Solstice ... the first day of Fall. Rick and the kids are really into the solstices. So, we learned all about the Autumnal Equinox on Friday so that we could celebrate it on Saturday. (And celebrate it, we did! The kids participated in our town's fishing derby and then played at the park two different times that day.)

We discussed what the equinox meant, and looked at our globe to discuss it. Then we did the following activities:


Literature (always start with good books!)

By the Light of the Harvest Moon, written by Harriet Ziefert



Fall, written by Anna Claybourne

It's Fall, written by Jimmy Pickering


Writing

Wrote a "Fall Things" acrostic poem.

Eli wrote:
Fall has leaves
All leaves are different colors
Light comes from the moon
Love leaf piles
The leaves fall
Harvest food
I love pumpkins
New pumpkins rise
Get pumpkins from pumpkin pile
See pumpkins

Brynne wrote:
Falling leaves
Autumn
Leaves
Lilly pads float in the water
Trees
Harvest and horses
I jump in the leaves
Now it's fall
Giraffes are very tall in the fall
Skarcrow


Music

"Autumnal Equinox" by Teresa Jennings


Art

Green leaves to fall leaves concertina





Now, bring on the cooler weather, pumpkin spice, and changing leaves!

Comments

  1. Gidget Girl ReadingSeptember 25, 2012 at 5:30 PM

    looks like a great fun day! glad you were able to use the by the light of the harvest moon book. We love it!

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  2. MarySeptember 26, 2012 at 12:08 AM

    I love reading about your units! Another great one!

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  3. Gidget Girl ReadingSeptember 26, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    forgot to tell you starting Oct. 3rd (next wed) aldi's has tons of pumpkin food items :) guess where I'm doing some shopping? :)

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