Plant science and literacy skills while celebrating the beauty of seasonal change with the Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn activities. Students can craft a colorful leaf pile, design a cozy sweater, and compare summer and autumn through drawing, writing, and venn diagrams. They’ll also expand vocabulary while exploring science concepts like the five senses and seasonal facts.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Complete a leaf pile craft.
• Design a cozy sweater.
• Draw summer and autumn scenes.
• Write adjectives or adverbs.
• Complete an acrostic poem for autumn.
• Alphabetize words related to autumn.
• Write facts about autumn.
• Write 5 senses related to summer.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Compare and contrast summer and autumn with a Venn diagram.
• Complete a word search.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Participate in a collaborative T-Chart.
• Use digital tools to spell fall words.

Perfect for fall, Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn activities help students welcome the new season with learning that’s hands-on, meaningful, and fun.

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About the Book and Soundscape</b

Take a walk through forest and town as one curious child says goodbye to summer and hello to fall. This soundscape mirrors the seasonal shift with guitar and wooden percussion for summer, cozy piano for town, and warm woodwinds for autumn—plus ambient sounds from breezes to blue jays.

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