Leaf Man Writing

I LOVE teaching writing. I LOVE art. Put the two together and my teacher 💓 explodes. One of my favorite writing projects each year was our Leaf Man projects. It really allows you to see each students creative side.  Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is the perfect fall book with beautiful imagery and descriptive words making it a wonderful mentor text.

 

My mom and Isaac would always help collect leaves and I think deep down this was a big reason I loved this project. Both familiar with the book, we couldn't help but find "leaf men" as we gathered. It always amazed me how creative a 3/4 year old could be with leaves. Each year we made our own leaf men as an example to show the class. Here are a few Isaac made. 

Depending on where you live, if you gather leaves right when they start to fall and place them under something heavy, they will keep their color and lay flat making them easy to manipulate. I used contact paper (two sides) to keep them together after they built them. When they finish creating their leaf man, they write about the journey their leaf man went on. This is one of my favorite pieces a student created.  (This was done by a student who did "not like to write". 😉 💕) 

 You can get the book above in the link and the FREE writing template here in my store.