We’ve been learning about autumn in school. We’ve found out that there are many changes taking place in our world as we go from summer to fall, and from fall to winter. Help your child describe some of these changes. Here are autumn activities that you could do at home with your child to reinforce what we’ve been doing in school. We think you will enjoy them, too!
Be Fall Detectives

Take a walk around your neighborhood with your child. See how many signs of fall your child can identify. How are the leaves changing? Are gardens being harvested? Are birds flying south or arriving from up north?


Adopt a Tree

Pick out a tree that you can easily see from a window in your home or one that is near your home. Take a few minutes each week to observe the tree with your child, looking for ways it’s changing. You might like to draw pictures of the tree as it changes with your child.


Fall Rhymes


Leaves Are Twirling

Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
Leaves are twirling,
Leaves are twirling
All around, all around.
They are falling softly,
Very, very softly,
To the ground, to the ground.

Barbara Paxson


Falling Leaves

Like a leaf or a feather,
In the windy, windy weather …
We whirl around,
And twirl around,
And all fall down together!
Library Leads


There are many wonderful books about autumn and the changing of the seasons that you and your child can read together.


Here a few:

Now It’s Fall by Lois Lenski

Fresh Fall Leaves by Betsy Franco

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

A Tree Can Be by Judy Nayer

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell

Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons

Thanksgiving Is For Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherlan



Create a Nature Collage


On one of your fall walks, take along a paper bag and fill it pretty weeds, acorns, colorful leaves, and anything else that appeals to your child. When you get home, give your child a sheet of heavy paper or cardboard. Help your child glue the items you collected to make a collage.