Apple Tree Alphabet Letter Game

Fall is for apples, acorns, leaves, and learning letters! Incorporate these themes into hands-on literacy activities with your kids including this free alphabet apple tree printable. This would be perfect for a fall preschool theme!

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Pumpkin Name Spelling Activity

There are so many hands on and authentic ways to help preschool children learn to spell. Most children at this age are working with their names but you could use these for letter identification or to spell sight words! We added a fall themed twist this time by putting the letters on pumpkins for a free printable you can use at home or in your classroom! These will be perfect for teachers for Halloween or Fall literacy centers. too. 

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Acorn Sensory Bottle

We've gathered real acorns to explore and crafted our own in all the acorn activities for kids we've tried over the years! This autumn season we made an acorn discovery bottle that is perfect for sensory play outside or on the light table. 

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Apple Ten Frames

Fall the perfect season for an apple theme! We're offering this free printable hands-on math activity for kids to learn about ten frames. Just print and practice counting, adding, and subtracting! We've included tips for how to use this math tool in the classroom or at home.

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Scarecrow Glyph

Glyphs are one of my favorite ways to extend the learning involved with creating a cute fall craft with kids. This scarecrow glyph represents many aspects of the child who created it. You can use the glyph key to learn the student's age, favorite color, opinion about fall, and much more! 

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Play and Learn with Feathers

There are so many ways that kids can learn and play with feathers! Whether you choose colored craft feathers or natural ones, the invitation to create and explore is so inspiring with these light and delicate objects. These are great ideas for Thanksgiving too!

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Witch's Brew: Fall STEM Sensory Play for Kids

We love any excuse for sensory play but this Halloween activity includes a STEM twist! We covered science, technology, and math as we cooked up our own Witch's Brew.

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Fall Leaves In and Out Activity for Kids

Are you looking for ways to keep your little ones hands busy and quietly practicing fine motor skills this fall? I love to set out intriguing invitations to play for our children. This autumn leaves busy box activity inspired so much learning as we played! It's the perfect activity for a fall theme.

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Cinquain Poetry for Kids

Cinquains are a great way to introduce kids to parts of speech and poetry writing at the same time! We created a simple printable which makes the cinquain poetry even easier to write. Our daughter and I loved this writing exercise as part of our homeschool curriculum this week.

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Felt Apple Pie Making Toy Kit

Fall is in the air! Can you smell the apple pies baking? That was the inspiration for our latest autumn themed busy bag for kids! We made a toy felt apple pie kit.

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Back to School Process Art for Kids

Our kids love collaborating on process art projects together. Painting with a school bus is the perfect large and fine motor back to school invitation to create! Kids can learn their school bus route number as an added bonus, too.

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Indian Corn Crafts and Activities for Kids

We love Indian Corn! It is so irresistible from the color to the texture to how versatile it is in for the fall season in the early childhood classroom. I've gathered several of the very best Indian Corn crafts and activities for kids plus included a free printable just for you!

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Yarn Wrapped Turkey Craft

Our preschooler created a colorful yarn wrapped turkey from recycled material! This gobbler is the perfect fine motor craft for Thanksgiving.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Geoboard

Our Thanksgiving Turkey Geoboard was holiday fine motor practice while we worked on so many math concepts! We discussed patterns, symmetry, geometry, and measurement during this fun and engaging homeschool preschool math lesson.

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Sewing Spider Webs

Sewing requires a lot of precise fine motor work! Our preschooler was thrilled with this Halloween themed introduction to sewing for kids. She sewed a spider web!

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Five Little Pumpkins on the Light Table

Five Little Pumpkins is a favorite Halloween poem to retell in our house! We've already shared our Fine Motor Five Little Pumpkins so for this activity we used recycled materials to make dry erase jack-o-lanterns for the light table.

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Hide and Seek Spiders in Play Dough

Hide and find spiders in this play dough activity for preschoolers and toddlers! Kids will love digging out and re-hiding the creepy crawlies in the sensory dough for Halloween.

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Halloween Shapes on the Light Table

Get into the spirit of Halloween with fine motor sensory play in the light table! These sticky clings are the perfect reusable material for endless not so creepy scenes.

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Nocturnal Animals Preschool Unit: Using a KWL Chart

We love KWL Charts to inspire, organize, and introduce a new unit of study for our homeschool preschool. Here we used the graphic organizer to discuss and record what we want to learn about nocturnal animals.

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Fall Math: Pumpkin Hunt for Kids

Counting the pumpkins in our neighborhood was a great way to introduce ten frames to our preschooler! We discussed many ways to count on our pumpkin hunt.

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