Leaf designs
Leaf designs
Using leaves to make a picture
Materials Required
- Paper
- Leaves, flowers and other natural materials
- Drawing materials - pencils
- Glue or sticky tape
Play experience profile
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Ages:
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Min Playtime15 - 30 Minutes
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Skills
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Energy LevelQuiet Play
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Messiness Rating
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EYLF Outcomes
Play Experience Preparation
Go into garden and collect natural materials - Look at the natural materials, decide how you can use them in a picture and what to draw.Experience Steps
- Use pencils and other craft materials to create a drawing.
- Encourage your child to use the natural materials you collected to embellish and add texture to the drawing.
What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience
- Patterns
- Colours
- Lines - straight, curved
- Talk about similarities and differences between the natural materials
- Tell me about your creation
Build on this...
- What does this look like?
- Can you see pictures in the clouds?
- Exploring other natural materials in the environment.
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To increase the physical activity, go for a walk to collect the items. How far can you walk?
EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators.
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The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF
- Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment
- Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
- Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
EYLF Principle
Principle 3: High expectations and equity. Children progress well when they, their parents and educators hold high expectations for their achievement in learning.
EYLF Practice
Practice: Holistic approaches. They recognise the connections between children, families and communities and the importance of reciprocal relationships and partnerships for learning. They see learning as a social activity and value collaborative learning and community participation. An integrated, holistic approach to teaching and learning also focuses on connections to the natural world.
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