Fall Lesson Plans for Preschool

Even though it doesn’t remotely feel like fall where I live, I am so ready for changing leaves, pumpkins, apples and all the fun stuff that comes with the new season.

Fall-themed lesson plans are so much fun for littles, because you can combine indoor and outdoor activities like collecting leaves on a nature walk and sorting them or using them in an art project.

Of course you can you fake leaves for projects inside the home or classroom, too, and there are lot of great ideas for fall learning activities (some using leaves, some not) on this post from Mrs. Plemons’ Kindergarten.

She has a whole week of activities that includes books, fine motor activities, gross motor activities, snacks, sensory bins and more. Check out the post for inspiration and grab the printables from her Teachers Pay Teachers site for $5.

[Photo: Mrs. Plemons’ Kindergarten.]If you are looking for fun active games to get the kids moving, I highly recommend this Floor Is Lava Board Game

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Outdoor Learning Areas and Ideas

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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