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Time to Sign Up for Fall Classes at Bullseye Portland

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The schedule for fall classes is up at Bullseye and it’s a great selection. Having just taken a series of classes there I highly recommend making the trip over there if you’re not already in Portland. Their facility is “heaven on earth” for all glass lovers! There’s a vitrigraph class with Nathan Sandberg, which I know you’ll love since I’ve seen what he can do with glass and a vitrigraph kiln. You’ll also get a chance to see Larry Cunningham’s Turbo Lift in action.

There’s printmaking and reaction classes also. So cool. I want to take the printmaking class. Something to think about. The reaction class is awesome. I recently posted about reactive glass. Really good stuff. So if you need to further your glass knowledge this is the premier place for it. It’s where the artists go to play with glass. Aren’t you tempted?

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Leaf Learning Activities for Kids

There are lots of things you can do with leaves in the classroom and at home, and fun ways to learn about leaves as they start changing color in the fall. 

Learn about different kinds of leaves and match them to their trees with this printable from Montessori Nature. It includes 10 kinds of trees and their leaves to match with. If you have those trees nearby you can also find the real leaves to match with. 

Of course if you’re going on a leaf hunt yourself, you’ll want to save some of those leaves the kids find in their own leaf collection and identification books. You can learn how to make your own from Dappled Skies and DIYs. Or turn your leaf peeping into a sticky leaf scavenger hunt with this idea from Little Pine Learners.

There are a lot of easy art activities you can do with leaves, such as the classic rubbing (check out a tutorial if you need it from Laura Radniecki), complete a picture with half a leaf and learn about symmetry (like in this post from NurtureStore) or drawn in, on and around leaves to make fun art as shown in this idea from Artful Parent. 

Make your leaves into people, paint on them or with them; there are so many possible ideas!

Trace your leaves, label them with what kinds of trees they came from, and then play a matching game like this one from Preschool Toolkit. 

Early Learning Ideas has some great printables on the parts of a tree and a leaf, the life cycle of an oak tree and leaf sorting that you can find on Teachers Pay Teachers. Or check out the leaf investigation worksheet from Turner Tots. 

Looking for more leaf fun? Check out these ideas for leaf activities that don’t use real leaves, and these that do. And let me know what your favorite way to play and learn with leaves is!

10 Fall leaf ideas [Recycled Crafts]

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Cascading Fall Leaf Necklace [Jewelry Making]