Happy Fall Ya’ll! Here are some fun fall activities for kindergarten to celebrate this cool, crisp, spooky season.
Fall Activities: Mrs. Wishy Washy
Who doesn’t love Mrs. Wishy Washy?! We read some Mrs. Wishy Washy books when we did our farm unit, and we made these adorable Mrs. Wishy Washy paper plate projects!
We painted the plate peach. Fold a large paper plate in half and draw an arc. Students cut in line. The two pieces become her bonnet. Do the same with a small paper plate. This becomes the bonnet’s top piece. We colored those red. The kids drew a face and BAM! Mrs. Wishy Washy!
Mrs. Wishy Washy was a PERFECT compliment to our mud poem!
Mud Poem
We made a mud word web. Then we came up with describing words for mud and then used those words to write a short poem. We decorated the poem with “muddy” handprints!
Here’s a great farm science lesson from our Farm Research Project. Students learn what it means for something to dissolve. They predict whether different materials will dissolve. And we do an experiment to see if our predictions were correct.
Fall Activities for Kindergarten: Leaves
We read There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves ” and work on story elements and sequencing a story!
We painted some beautiful fall leaves. This project is super easy and fun… and can be… wait for it…MESSY! Ya know how I love to get messy!
We simply folded a large piece of white construction paper in half vertically (the hot dog, as we call it). The kids chose their paint colors, and I helped them squirt the paint in the middle. The kids closed the paper and started rubbing. We opened the paper and had a beautiful tree! We added details to our paintings to create amazing fall masterpieces.
This is one of my favorites of all time! I took pictures of the kids pretending to blow, and then we colored leaves. We cut them out and pretended to blow them! HOW. CUTE. IS. THIS. It’s even better if you can use real leaves which is a challenge for those of us in the south!
For this project, students chose the color for their tree. I helped trace their arms and hands. They cut out their tree and used fingerprints to add the leaves!
Fall Kindergarten Activities: Scarecrows
We love scarecrows in the fall, and we love these scarecrow activities for kids!
We read the cutest book: The Little Scarecrow Boy. In the book, he makes six “fierce” faces trying to scare the birds. After we read the book, we make fierce faces, and we graph whether we like scarecrows. Then we made these adorable scarecrows. I love the different versions and faces!
You can label a scarecrow to learn vocabulary!
And we made these awesome scarecrow snacks! We mixed refried beans, sour cream, and salsa together. Then we spread it over a tortilla. We used tortilla chips to make the hat and cheese for hay!
Fall Activities For Kindergarten: Centers And Games
Of course, you can bring Fall activities into your math and literacy centers!
We used fake leaves and gems from Hobby Lobby. Use a Sharpie to write sight words on the leaves. One of the gems is to write the letters to spell the sight words. Students blend and read the word, spell the word, and write the word. You can also write CVC words and work on phonics skills!
For this nutty center, we used fake acorns. We used our Sharpie to write letters on the acorns. Students use tongs (fine motor practice) to grab an acorn. They say the letter and sound and color the acorn for the letter on the paper!
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