![]() ![]() What do you see in the picture? (leaves, acorns, seed pods).With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a textĪctively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understandingīefore reading the title, have children spend a few minutes looking at the cover illustration. Here, we share a few ideas for before reading, during reading, and after reading. As you read, engage children by asking questions and defining difficult vocabulary. ![]() ![]() The text is poetic and celebrates the natural landscape of the countryside. Children will love searching the illustrations for hidden pictures formed by the leaves as they make their journey. The leaves start out in the shape of a man and take on different configurations as they travel east, west, north, and south, going where the wind blows. Lois Ehlert’s book Leaf Man follows a group of autumn leaves as they are blown by the wind over fields, past orchards, through prairie meadows, and across lakes and rivers. Preschool and Kindergarten Leaf Man Activities ![]()
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