Fall Family Fun Activities

Acorns

• Talk about how acorns are seeds, food for animals
• Cut into an acorn and let the child (children) see what is inside
• Talk about how acorns come from Oak Trees
• Make cute acorn crafts

Leaves

• Compare leaves from various trees (size, shape, colors)
• Leaf identification to identify leaves from different trees
• Talk about why leaves change colors (lots of information on the internet about this one)
• Cute leaf crafts
• Leaf rubbings (put a leaf under a piece of paper and color over the paper to make a rubbing)
• Leaf Prints (Paint a leaf or put ink on it and press down to paper to make a print)
• Look at leaves through a magnifying glass

Apples

• Apple picking
• Apple tasting
• Apple recipes
• Talk about apple colors
• Talk about apple parts
• Paint with apples to make apple prints

Pumpkins

• Pumpkin Patch
• Cut into pumpkins and gourds to explore
• Pumpkin recipes
• Pumpkin life cycle and pumpkin parts
• Pumpkin seeds (count, roast, plant)
• Halloween fun

More Fall Fun

• Nature Walk
• Corn Mazes
• Talk about fruits and vegetables that can be harvested in the fall and harvest those that you planted to be harvested in the fall
• View the video below for more descriptions and things I have done with my students from Ages 2 and up