Fall Theme for Preschool

Fall Theme for Preschool ? The Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

Fall Preschool Activities--Fall, Autumn--either word brings cool days and relief to summer heat for most people! This theme page has many preschool activities and ideas for your classroom. Disclaimer: You may print and use this product for your own personal or classroom use, however, you may NOT post this on your blog, website or other place for free distribution. Please direct others interested in this product to Preschool Plan It here for more information! Graphics for some of these activities were created by My Cute Graphics

Using the Standards Conversion Chart

1. Type in each of your program's equivalent standards next to my standard.

2. Save to your computer. 3. Refer to this chart each time you use a theme from Preschool Cubby

Using the Weekly Planning Form In the weekly planning form, ALL of the boxes are editable! Simply print as they are OR move activities to the days you want them or replace activities with your own! You'll find my standards listed under each activity. This is where you will enter YOUR program's standards (that you added to the Conversion Chart) 1. Refer to the conversion chart you completed and look up my Standard Letter/Number. 2. Replace that letter and number with YOUR program's equivalent that you typed into

the Conversion Chart. 3. Print!

The Weekly AND Daily Planning forms are both 100% editable so you can move the activities to the days you want to do them or even replace them with your own activities! (If you do that-be sure to change them on the daily planning forms as well AND replace the standards in that box with the correct standards for the activity you have replaced mine with!) NOTE: The blue areas will NOT print blue, don't worry! Those areas are the "editable areas". They will print with a white background when you print!

CIRCLE

WEEKLY PLANNER

ART

MATH/MANIPULATIVES

SCIENCE

SMALL GROUP MUSIC & MOVEMENT GROSS MOTOR STORY TIME

MON

Standards

Autumn Fingerplay 3,9,37,41

Glittery Pine Cones Scarecrow Matching Fall Observation

8,13,14,15,21,24, 31

File Folder Game 3,6,14,20,25,37,44

Station (All Week) 1,13-1523,27,29,30,4 2,43

Autumn Song 3,12,19,22,34,37, 41,44,45

Autumn Days by Ann Schweninger 1, 6, 38-40, 44

TUES

Standards

WEDS

Standards

What Do We Autumn Wreath Wear In Fall? 8,13,14,15,21,24 17,36,37,44,45 31

I Spy - Fall Colors Nature Collage Fall Leaf Sorting

1,16,24,36,45 13,14,22,31

13, 23,24, 27, 29, 36

Apple Salad 13,16,17,23,3 1,35

Make Playdough 3,23,26,35

Parachute Fun Frederick by

with Leaves Leo Lionni

2 ,6,10,12,16,17, 35

1, 6, 38-40, 44

Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson 1, 6, 38-40, 44

THURS

Standards

Feely Box 1 1,11,16,24,27, 36,45

Fall People 13,14,22,31

Fall Leaf Activity Mat 13, 23,24, 27, 29, 36

Fall Leaf Hopping 3,10,11,13,21, 22,24

The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado 1, 6, 38-40, 44

FRI

Standards

Feely Box 2 Fall Finger

1,11,16,24,27,3 Painting

6,45

13,14,15,31,

42,43

SUGGESTED CHANGES TO INTEREST CENTERS FOR THE WEEK

White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker 1, 6, 38-40, 44

B.lock Area: Fall at the Farm Place little people, farm animals and farm equipment (trucks, tractors, etc.), leaves and hay in your block area! 1, 13, 14, 18, 23-26, 28, 30

Dramatic Play: Farm Stand Place a cash register, table, brown grocery bags, play and real apples and pumpkins, shopping carriages, empty and clean apple cider and apple juice containers, corn on the cob and other fall items in your dramatic play area. 1, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22 32, 36, 45

Easel: Fall Colors Provide red, yellow, green, orange and brown for fall pictures. Or, provide red, blue and yellow for the children to make their own fall colors at the easel! 13-15, 25, 28, 31, 36

Sand and Water: Sink or Float Add fall items to your water table for the children to guess and then test what will sink and float: pumpkins, gourds, pine cones, leaves, etc. 3,6,13,14,23,24,25,27,28,35,36,44

? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

Writing: Fall Stamping Materials: paper, markers, stamp pads and fall stamps (leaves, farm animals, etc.), stencils. Encourage the children to draw and/or stamp a fall scene and then print their story on paper to display with their art work. 13-15,31,42,43

MONDAY Theme

You'll Need:

Pine cones, glue bottles, mini pompoms and small glitter glue bottles, Scarecrow Matching File Folder Game, Magnifying Glasses, journals (made with plain paper and covered with construction paper--we've left one at the science table for each child); any fall items you have in your area: pumpkins, gourds, apples, hay, leaves, pinecones (remember that acorns can be dangerous for any child with tree nut allergies), etc

Circle

Autumn Fingerplay

Autumn winds begin to blow (blow).

Colored leaves fall fast and slow (move hands to show falling leaves)

Twirling, whirling all around (turn around a few times)

Until at last, they touch the ground (fall to the ground).

3,9,37,41

Art

Glittery Pine Cones

Materials Needed: Pine cones, glue bottles, mini pompoms and small glitter glue bottles.

The children use the glue to place pompoms on their pinecones. They could also drizzle glue on the

cones and then sprinkle glitter on them (or use glitter glue to decorate the ends of the pine cones).

We've also used plaster-of-paris to make a base for the pine cones. Another suggestion was to dip

the pine cones in glue and then roll them in shaved crayon pieces.

8,13,14,15,21,24,31

Math/Manipulative Scarecrow Matching File Folder Game Materials: The file folder game in this packet. 3,6,14,20,25,37,44

Science

Fall Observation Station Materials: Magnifying Glasses, journals (made with plain paper and covered with construction paper--we've left one at the science table for each child); any fall items you have in your area: pumpkins, gourds, apples, hay, leaves, pinecones (remember that acorns can be dangerous for any child with tree nut allergies), etc. 1,13-1523,27,29,30,42,43

Small Group

Music & Movement Autumn Song I play the "Autumn Song" by Ms. Healy (which I got off of YouTube). I also make and provide props to correspond with the song and have the children move accordingly. 3,12,19,22,34,37,41,44,45

Gross Motor

Story Time Autumn Days by Ann Schweninger

? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

TUESDAY Theme

You'll Need:

Circle

bag full of fall weather clothing that you wear and also some from summer, pine needles, green and brown leaves, pine cones, cinnamon sticks, glue, paper, scissors, 6 apples, 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 cup of white grape juice, real leaves or paper leaves from Dollar Store

What do we wear in Fall? Bring a bag full of fall weather clothing that you wear and also some from summer. Talk with the children about fall weather and what it is like. Pull out each article of clothing and ask if it is for summer or fall? 17,36,37,44,45

Art

Autumn Wreath

Materials Needed: pine needles, green and brown leaves, pine cones, cinnamon sticks,

glue, paper, scissors

The children cut out a circle as best they can and use the materials to design their own

autumn wreath.

8,13,14,15,21,24,31

Math/Manipulative

Science

Small Group

Apple Salad Ingredients and Items needed: 6 apples, 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 cup of white grape juice. Peel the apples. Let the children help cut them with plastic knives. Place them into a bowl. Have the children help put the rest of the ingredients in and let each one take a turn stirring it up! 13,16,17,23,31,35

Music & Movement

Gross Motor Story Time

Parachute Fun with Leaves! Use real leaves or paper leaves from Dollar Store for this game. Sing song: (sung to the tune of Wheels on the Bus) The leaves on the tree come falling down, Falling down, falling down. The leaves on the tree come falling down, et's rake them up. Shake parachute slow then speed up. The leaves will fly off! After all leaves are off parachute then have kids pick them up and put them back on the parachute. 2 ,6,10,12,16,17, 35

Frederick by Leo Lionni

? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

WEDNESDAY Theme

You'll Need:

leaves, twigs, etc. that you collect on a walk or that you ask the children to bring in during the week, different sizes and colors of leaves

Circle

I Spy---Fall Colors!

Play I spy at circle time with the children looking for fall colors. "I Spy with my little

eye......something red!" Let each child take a turn either walking over to a red item and

pointing it out or naming an item while sitting at circle time. List what they find on a chart

under each color.

1,16,24,36,45

Art

Nature Collage

Materials: leaves, twigs, etc. that you collect on a walk or that you ask the children to

bring in during the week. Use them to make a group autumn collage.

13,14,22,31

Math/Manipulative Fall Leaf Sorting Provide different sizes and colors of leaves for the children to sort. 13, 23,24, 27, 29, 36

Science

Small Group

Fall Playdough for the Senses! Place fall colors of kool-aid playdough mixed with cinnamon in your table! 3,23,26,35

Music & Movement

Gross Motor

Story Time Mouse's First Fall (Classic Board Books) by Lauren Thompson ? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

THURSDAY Theme

You'll Need:

Fall items in box or bag, playdough that you made with the children, laminated real leaves

Circle

Feely Box 1

Place fall items in a box or bag and have each child feel to guess what each item is.

1,11,16,24,27,36,45

Art

Fall People

Using fall items from outside, encourage children to make a fall face with them by gluing

them on paper.

13,14,22,31

Math/Manipulative Fall Leaf Activity Mat Provide the playdough that you made with the children for them to design their own fall leaves using the activity mat in this packet. 13, 23,24, 27, 29, 36

Science

Small Group

Music & Movement

Gross Motor Story Time

Fall Leaf Hopping Laminate some real leaves and let the children create a path to hop on! 3,10,11,13,21,22,24

The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado

? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

FRIDAY Theme

You'll Need:

different fall items in a box or bag, fall colored finger paint

Circle

Feely Box 2

Place different fall items in a box or bag and have each child feel to guess what each item

is.

1,11,16,24,27,36,45

Art

Fall Finger Painting

Provide fall colored finger paint for some great fall creations!

13,14,15,31, 42,43

Math/Manipulative

Science

Small Group

Music & Movement

Gross Motor

Story Time White Rabbit's Color Book (Little Rabbit Books) by Alan Baker ? Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

Calendar Pieces Fall Theme ABCD Pattern

123

45

? The Preschool Cubby preschool-plan-

6

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download