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This month Jan White and Gayle Ryder Richardson show how autumn leaves can provide fun ways to learn about the seasons Ideas to explore Have a positive approach to new experiences.

Ideas to explore Have a positive approach to new experiences.

Resources Appropriate clothing and footwear, access to trees in a park, field, or along a pavement or footpath.

PLODs Take children on an autumn walk, encourage them to scuffle through fallen leaves. Pick up handfuls of leaves and let them float away on the breeze. Promote the joy of seasonal experiences through your own behaviour and actions.

Ideas to explore Awareness that information can be relayed in print.

Resources Look out for books that explore the lifecycle of a leaf, for example One Leaf Fell by Tony Speed (Minerva McIntyre) and A Leaf Named Bud by Paula and Sara Shwartz (Rizzoli International Publications).

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