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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the differences between a storybook and an information book. Students use various materials found in nature to make a nature collage. Students make a nature dictionary using pictures and their own definitions from the...
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Acorns

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experience hoarding food for winter. For this squirrel lesson, students simulate hoarding behavior as either a red or gray squirrel. Students play a game called Winter Survival and discover how squirrels survive through the...
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Fall Literacy Activity: Nuts to you

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners actively listen to the book Nuts To You and learn facts about squirrels. In this squirrels lesson, students listen to the book, and discuss what they learned after.
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Writing
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Creative Writing - Why Is a Squirrel Hiding in a Tree Stump?

For Students 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students write an essay telling why a squirrel is hiding in a hollow tree stump. They explain why the squirrel does not want anyone to know where he is.
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Connect the Dots

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this connect the dots worksheet, learners connect the dots to link the numbers together to reveal a nutty treat for a squirrel to eat.
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Worksheet
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Squirrel With Nuts Coloring Page

For Students K - 2nd
For this squirrel with nuts coloring page worksheet, learners view and discuss the picture with their classmates and color the picture with vibrant colors.
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Activity
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Hide the Acorns

For Teachers Pre-K
Students search for acorns. In this art lesson students imagine they are squirrels finding and storing acorns. The students dig through a water table filled with sand or soil looking for acorns that have been buried.
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Worksheet
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Squirrels Dot to Dot

For Students K - 1st
In this connect the dots worksheet, learners connect the dots and draw a line using the numbers 1-17 to outline the picture of a squirrel. Students trace the word squirrel.
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Worksheet
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Match the Squirrels

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting to 5 worksheet, students examine a picture of 5 squirrels in the forest with numbers by each animal. Students cut out the acorns and paste the correct number to match.