The Littlest Learners~ Fun Fall Activities
12:05 AM, Oct. 16, 2008
Celebrating the change of seasons is always fun with Little Learners as they seem to thrive on themed unit studies and read alouds. There is so much this season that you can teach and enjoy with your little one. If you haven't already incorporated themed activities into your home program, you may want to consider doing so.
Here are a few for your consideration:
Things to study:
Apples
Spiders
Weather
Seasons
Pumpkins
Bats
Things to do:
Visit a pumpkin patch
Decorate a pumpkin together
Roast pumpkin seeds together
Rake leaves & jump in them!
Make pumpkin pancakes for breakfast
Go on a hayride or through a corn maze together
Pick apples at an apple orchard
Download leaf cutouts and decorate
Things to make:
Make a Felt Scarecrow game
Make a leaf family
Make Dancing Scarecrows
Make bat hands
Make fall leaves
Make a paper bag pumpkin
Make a bird feeder
Make homemade applesauce together
Make Halloween votives
Books to read:
It's Fall (Celebrate the Seasons) by Linda Glaser
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Leaves! Leaves! Leaves by Nancy Elizabeth
Look what I did with a leaf by Morteza E. Sohi
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Why do leaves change color? by Betsy Maestro
What are your favorite fall activities and books?
Karin Katherine is a Christian homeschooling mother of 4 children, including twins, under 6 years of age whom she has been formerly homeschooling her children for the past 3 years. She enjoys homeschooling in sunny Florida and taking her homeschool on the road whenever possible. You can follow her family's homeschooling journey on their blog, Passport Academy , or stop by her other blog Mommy Matters Blog for an extra dose of this Mommy as she ponders what matters.
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