Leaf sorting Activity

Today we played a leaf-sorting activity.  I cut multiple colors of four different types of leaves (beech, oak, maple, and sassafras), then pasted one of each type onto a piece of 12x12 cardstock (to make the base for sorting).  The rest of the leaves were left out for the kids to divide according to the type of leaf. 

 Princess working on her leaf sorting.  She was pretty amused by this activity, then afterwards enjoyed finding the different types of leaves we'd looked at on the trees around us.

 Bigger Bit was too young to figure out the sorting by type, so I asked her to sort the leaves by color, and ignore the type of leaf.  She enjoyed this a lot.

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She finished, and got them all right.  She got pretty distracted about 3/4 of the way through, so the next time we did this I took away some of the leaves.  

Here's a quick Scribd PDF of the types of leaves I used.  Feel free to cut the leaves out and use them as a pattern to make your own leaf matching game.  I bet that leaf patterns would also be a fun activity this time of year!

Leaf Template