Fall

Crafts

*Leaf prints - Paint real leaves and then press them on paper for a print.

*Paint with leaf brushes - Collect leaves and tape to a small stick then use these instead of brushes for painting.

*Fingerpaint with fall colours.

*Handprint trees - Use a large sheet of paper and draw a tree trunk with marker or cut one out of construction paper then have the children dip their hands in fall colours and add the leaves to the tree.

*Pom pom squirrels.

*Apple prints - cut the apple in half widthwise (not down from the stem) so the star is showing. Dip in paint and then stamp onto paper.

*Leaf Frame - Fold wax paper in 1/2, wax sides together. Slip leaf inbeween the fold and iron - the wax will melt onto the leaf, preserving it. Once perserved, glue the leaves onto a piece of fabric or paper. Make a frame from twigs collected in the woods and twine. Hang your fall masterpiece.

*Leaf Mobile - Have children cut out leaf shapes from fall coloured construction paper. Make a X with sticks and tie together in the center using a pipecleaner. Twist the pipecleaner into a hook for hanging. Attach string from the sticks and punch holes in the leaves. Tie to the string and hang.

Science

*Apples - Taste test various types of apples and note their similiarities and differences.

*Collect leaves and identify the tree they came from.

Block Area

*Add stuffed animals (bears, squirrels, frogs, etc) for children to prepare their winter homes.

Dramatic Play

*Add warmer clothing such as sweaters for dress-up.

Circle Time

*Whisky Frisky

*Grey Squirrel

*Pretty Leaves, they are falling

*The Bear Went Over the Mountain

*The Other Day

*I Like Autumn (Barney)

Stories:

*I love Fall

*Fall

*Fall in Fern Hollow

*Birds

*Where is the Bear? *Time to Sleep

Games:

*Toss the acorn game

*Leaf toss

Water & Sand Play

*Add small animals to the sand table for preparing for winter.

*Fill the table with different types of fall leaves.

Outdoor Play

*Rake up piles of leaves and jump in them.

*Make a scarecrow by stuffing clothes with leaves.

Field Trips / Special Days

*Visit an apple orchard.

*Go on a nature walk and list all the signs of Fall that you see.

Songs

Whisky Frisky

(poem)

Whisky Frisky hippity hop
Up he goes to the treetop
Whirly twirly, round and round
Down he scampers to the ground
Furly curly what a tail
Tall as a feather and broad as a sail
Where's his supper? In the shell
Snappy, cracky, out if fell.

Grey Squirrel

Gray squirrel, gray squirrel
Swish your bushy tail
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel
Swish your bushy tail
Put a peanut in your toes
Wrinkle up your little nose
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel
Swish your bushy tail.

Pretty Leaves

Pretty leaves they are falling
Falling down to the ground
When the wind blows his trumpet
See them dancing around
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Pretty leaves they are falling
Falling down to the ground
When the wind blows his trumpet
See them sitting back down.

5 Little Leaves

Five little leaves so bright and gay
Were dancing about on a tree one day
The wind came blowing through the town
And one little leaf came tumbling down.

Four little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

Three little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

Two little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

One little leaf so bright and gay
Was dancing about on a tree one day
The wind came blowing through the town
And the last little leaf came tumbling down.

The children can pretend to be the leaves in the fingerplay or cut out leaves and a tree shape for the felt board.

Printouts

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