Fall Math Activities For the Classroom

Adding a seasonal spin to classroom learning makes it a little more fun for everyone, so here are some fall math activities to get younger kids engaged in learning the basics.

Make fun fall shapes like an apple, a scarecrow and an acorn using snap cubes, then count the number of each color used in the design. Get the pattern cards from 123 Homeschool 4 Me and kids will get practice following instructions, sorting colors and counting.

Or use cubes to practice one-to-one correspondence with a pumpkin twist with this pumpkin stacking towers activity from Fun Learning for Kids. Here kids match the number of cubes in each stack to the number on the pumpkin. There are printable options with numerals and dots that kids can use to practice addition while they build their towers.

These apple counting printables from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds are another way to practice one-to-one correspondence while learning to count to 10. Kids can use red pompoms or buttons to cover up each apple on the tree as they count them.

The Keeper of the Memories has a printable pumpkin seed counting clip card activity where kids can count the number of seeds in the pumpkin and clip a clothespin to the correct answer (numbers 0 to 10 are included).

Need some independent math games for first and second graders to do when they complete their work early? Check out this free download from Missing Tooth Grins on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Work on skip counting by twos with these cute apple puzzle printables from Royal Baloo. Just print, cut (and laminate if you want) and kids can reassemble them with the numbers as a guide.

Kindergarten Worksheets and Games has a great collection of fall themed math worksheets, including writing the words for numbers, telling time, greater than and less than, counting by ones, twos and fives, addition and subtraction and more. And they’re all free.

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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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