Fall in love with autumn again while exploring the beauty and wonder of fall leaves. Beginning with two short story read alouds about fall leaves, children are drawn into the magic of the fall season through studying the glorious beauty and wonder of fall leaf color changes. Learn about leaf fractal art and do a geography activity looking for the most beautiful fall colors around the world! Go on a fall leaves backyard nature hunt looking for 6 different fractal geometry venations patterns. Create a cool art gallery featuring the beautiful symmetry and fractal art of the fall leaves.

Resource Worldview: Secular

Ages: 5 - 18

This unit study curriculum is great for multi-ages. Very young children can benefit from this study through the stories and joining older siblings during the leaf hunting and art project.

Total Pages: 6 (jam-packed with links to free ebooks, videos, activities and projects)

What's Included:

• 1 Quick Start educator's guide
• 1 page Unit Study plan
• 4-page autumn art activity, Fall Fractal Leaf Art Gallery 
• 2 links to free story read aloud books (one video read aloud and one from Archive.org)
• Website links to rich science, math, and art resources

Unit Study for Homeschool - What Subjects are Covered:

• Math - Find leaves exhibiting various types of fractals, a common pattern found in nature
• Literature - Listen to a read aloud of the Magic School Bus: Wild Leaf Ride
• Writing - Complete a story illustrated with leaf art
• Geography - Study a map of fall leaves
• Science - Study the science of leaf color change
• Art - Complete an art project about a common pattern, fractals, found in leaves