The Colors of Fall

M came rushing into the room today holding two leaves that were bright orange. 

"Look at these orange leaves I found, they are starting to change!"

"I want to see them. Can we look for more?"

A group headed outside to find more different colored leaves. 

"This one is yellow! It looks like Louis' shirt!"

"My shirt is yellow like the leaves."

As the group searched for leaves they started talking about all of the different colors they could be. 

"Some are orange and green. Some of them are kind of yellow." 

"This leaf is green and red."

"Did you know that chameleons change colors?"

"Like leaves!"

"And frogs!"

"Leaves change because a magician changes them."

"No, they change because it's fall."

"Magicians make the colors change in the fall." 

"This leaf is still green and this one is orange. I don't know why this one is still green."

M found another kind of leaf outside he wanted to share with the class. 

"I think it's seaweed, but I don't know."

We left today with one burning question... why do leaves change in the fall? Is it really a magician that changes all of them?