The Scarecrow who didn't scare

As part of our topic on Autumn I have been using the story sack, 'The Scarecrow who didn't Scare'.  This is a great resource and comes with a large stuffed scarecrow, birds, rabbits and mice as well as scarecrow matching cards.  My class are loving this book.

The book lends itself to many cross curricular areas, including pre writing skills.  We divided our whiteboards into 6 sections and as the story was read aloud, children were asked to draw the scarecrows hat, the farmers fields, the corn, seeds, trees etc.  I modeled each picture first and the children copied.  This gave the children the opportunity to practice drawing, straight, curved and wobbly lines.

I also got a great number link to this activity.  Children were asked to pick a number from a bag and then plant the correct number of seeds in the field (i used blue sorting trays for the field).  Children thoroughly enjoyed picking and counting the seeds.  I will definitely use this activity again.

Autumn/Fall

As the weather gets colder, it's time to think about the changing seasons.  What a perfect time to take your class on a nature walk.  My kids loved collecting leaves, twigs and conkers.

Back in the classroom we sorted the leaves by size, and used the leaves for other math work.


We caculated how many letters were in our names by creating a bar chart. We then went outside and found the correct number of leaves to match our name.  Children then wrote there  names on the leaves.

Another fun activity was the making of scarecrow faces - thank you to pinterest for supplying me with this cute idea.