I love fall learning because there is a such a visual representation for the kids to see in what we are learning about. It’s a great time to get your kids outside and in nature. This lesson plan is for my just turned 4 year old, who is working on mastering her letter sounds. I also have a 2 year old, who USUALLY naps when we do our learning, but sometimes that is not the case, so I’ve added a couple of ideas of things to do with her as well in case she is learning with us.
Check out these 5 fall ideas too for some more fall fun that we have done.
Fall theme book ideas: The Mouse’s Apples – Frances Stickley; The Pumpkin Book – Gail Gibbons; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves – Lucille Colandro; How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin – Margaret McNamara; Too Many Pumpkins – Linda White; Patty’s Pumpkin Patch – Teri Sloat
Religion focus: Learn the Glory Be
2Yr Options: Fall Printables, fall color pom-pom color sorting (use tweezers for more of a challenge), visual discrimination,
| Language | A is for Apple (Since this is a review letter, you can introduce the other A sound – A for acorn) | Introduce F with sandpaper tracing; F is for fall | Introduce P with sandpaper tracing P – Pumpkin & Follow P path to connect the pumpkin | Introduce L with sandpaper tracing; L is for Leaves |
| Math | Reintroduce 8, then do Tree 10 Frame* (start with 8, then review other numbers) | 1-10 fall puzzle | Pumpkin seed counting* | Find the number 8 |
| Art/Sensory | Learn about different apple types; do a taste test | Fall sensory bin – corn kernels, mini pumpkins, acorns, pinecones, leaves | Play hide and seek with a small pumpkin | Collect some leaves and do leaf crayon rubbings |
| S/G/H | Life cycle of apples & start the rotting apples experiment | Do a fall themed sink or float experiment | Life cycle of a pumpkin | Watch the seasons video & go on a Fall scavenger hunt |
Tree 10 Frame – Laminate the printable, then use play-do to create apples or fall-colored leaves that you can add to the tree. Then give your child a number and have them write it to the right of the tree, above the 10-frame. You can make dotted lines for them to trace if they cannot write on their own yet. (Alternatively, you could have them pick the number out of a basket of number magnets or something). Then have them add the number of ‘apples’ or ‘leaves’ to the tree. Finally, use a fall counter, or more play-do to fill in the 10-frame.
Pumpkin Seed Counting – Line a muffin tin with cupcake wrappers and write numbers 0-8 on them in random order (do 4x #8 since it is the focus number this week). Then give your child a bowl of pumpkin seeds and have them count the correct number of seeds into each spot.