Fall is an exciting
time of year for preschoolers. School starts up again which is exciting itself.
Plus, there are changes in the seasons which gets everyone a little bit excited.
That excitement comes from knowing that fall is filled with lots of fun holidays
and activities. And of course it means that the winter holidays are just around
the corner so everyone’s fall months are filled with that great anticipation.
To make the most of these months with your preschooler(s), you should incorporate
a number of different fall themes into your lesson plans.
Here are some great
ideas for preschool fall themes that you might want to use this year
(and for many more fall seasons to come):
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- Fall
foods.
Cooking is great for kids in so many ways, teaching them not only the basic
life skill of making food but also other skills like math (when measuring)
and reading (of recipes). Fall foods are great foods to incorporate into themed
projects. Painting gourds, cutting pumpkins, and making pumpkin pie or pumpkin
seeds are all terrific ways to spend an afternoon with youngsters. This is
also a great way to start teaching kids about how different foods are good
in different seasons which is an important nutritional lesson that is often
overlooked in standard lesson plans. - Halloween.
Halloween is a great holiday that lends itself well to many different activities.
Make ghosts out of tissue paper, sew costumes and incorporate Halloween themes
into coloring and other daily activities. You should also use Halloween themes
as an excuse to get outside with the kids; go to a pumpkin patch and learn
lessons about how pumpkins grow. - Thanksgiving.
This is the other big fall holiday and it also lends itself well to many different
activities. Art activities, lessons about sharing and the first Thanksgiving
dinner and cooking traditional foods are all great ways to spend the last
few weeks of November. - Columbus
Day.
This is a lesser-celebrated holiday but it’s great as a theme for lesson
plans. Kids can learn geography and history at the same time that they are
learning about diversity and other important social issues.
If there’s
a holiday marked on your calendar, it’s probably a good idea to incorporate
into your themed lessons plans. Don’t forget that it’s not just
holidays that make fall so great though. The changing seasons really
lend themselves well to a number of activities, both indoors and outdoors,
which you can use to teach your children the things that you want them to be
learning. They’ll probably remember these activities every fall to come
for years.
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