Autumn Onomatopoeia

Our class has been enjoying this poem, October by Elsa Beskow.  You can find it in her collection, Around the Year.

Golden, you are,

October.

Golden soverigns on your trees.

Golden guineas on your floor,

golden coins of leaves

that fall

for us to scuffle through

and rustle

and rattle

and hustle

and scrabble

and dabble

and paddle

as they fall

into an October carpet

which hides

our shoes.

The children seemed interested in the words that I pointed out in the poem that seem to make the sound they represent, words that are onomatopoeic.  (I highlighted those words so you could easily see which I meant.)  We discussed what onomatopoeia meant, and then went on our own Autumn Onomatopoeia walk, to see if we heard any sounds we could describe with such words.

Here is the book our class made, based on our walk.  Enjoy!  

 

The End

If you take a Fall walk, what onomatopoeic words will you "hear?"