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Acorn Activities for Preschoolers

acorn activities for preschoolers with acorns and fall leaves

Explore ideas and books for using acorns for learning with your preschooler this fall. These fun and easy hands-on acorn activities for preschoolers will get your child outdoors and learning about letters, numbers, and sight words. Plus we've included our favorite acorn books too. Acorn Activities for Preschoolers Acorns can be so much fun as a child! Looking outside during outdoor time for these treasures can honestly be a high priority for little ones during the autumn months. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Acorns, Book List, Fall, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Acorn Alphabet Sensory Jar Game for Preschoolers

Acorn Alphabet Sensory Jar Game for Preschoolers

Work on letter recognition this fall with our Acorn Alphabet Sensory Jar Game! Head outdoors to search for acorns and then return to create this special hands-on literacy focused game for your preschooler. Here's how to play!  This week at the Virtual Book Club for Kids we're featuring Acorns and Squirrels!  One funny picture book series that the kids are enjoying is Scaredy Squirrel. We've been collecting tons of acorns that are falling form the trees so we thought this ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Acorns, Alphabet, Fall, Sensory Bottle, sensory jar, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Acorn Math Game for Kids

Acorn Math Games for Kids

Focus on counting with your child this fall by gathering acorns and creating a fun learning game for kids.  Acorns are the perfect size to engage with math and counting.   Here's a way to connect kids with nature and educational concepts can keep them interested and engaged. Go on a nature hunt and bring the learning home with acorns this fall. Here’s how to play... This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Acorn Math Game for Kids with Printables Materials for ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Games, Math Tagged With: Acorns, Fall, Games, Kim, math, Nature Game, Preschool, Printables

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EASY Fall Sight Word Games with Acorns

Acorn Fall Sight Word Game

Welcome the change in season with these easy Fall sight word games! A chance to collect acorn and create you own I SPY Game with your child for hands on sight word fun. My kids LOVE running around outside and gathering acorns. This activity combines playing outside with learning to read sight words in an easy to prepare, fun sight word game for kids. In this activity you'll learn how to create EASY Fall Sight Word Games for learning PLUS an additional 10 bonus activities for learning ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Acorns, Fall, Playful Preschool, Preschool, Sight Words

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Fall Leaves Craft with Washi Tape

Fall Leaf Craft with Washi Tape

There are so many fun ways to create and learn with fall leaves.  In this activity we're using bright and colorful washi tape to create our very own fall leaves with washi tape for decoration. A fun way to add a bit of color to your home this fall. Fall Leaves with Washi Tape Supplies:  Directions for Washi Tape Leaves:  Skills Development Eye-Hand Coordination, Fine Motor Skills, Visual Discrimination, Patterning, Easy Fall Leaf Craft for ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Art projects, Fall, grade school, Leaves, Preschool

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Fall ABC Poster to Teach Beginning Sounds in Words

Fall Alphabet Poster Activity for Kids

Create your own fall alphabet! Teach your child beginning sounds with a camera and a fall walk to create this fall poster together. Here's how... As the crisp autumn air settles in and leaves crunch underfoot, fall becomes the perfect time to engage young children in fun, educational activities. One fantastic way to nurture your child's early literacy skills is by creating a Fall Alphabet—a hands-on project that introduces beginning sounds while embracing the beauty of the season. So ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Alphabet, Amanda, Fall, Nature, Outdoor Fun, Playful Preschool, reading activities

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Fun and Easy Acorn Activities for Kids

FUN & EASY Acorn Activities for kids: teach math, craft, and reading with acorns

When the acorns start falling from the trees - it's time to make Acorn Activities for your toddler to create and play with. It makes a great learning theme for fall. Amazon Affiliate links Acorn Activities: Acorn Counting and Number Recognition This week was Acorns Everywhere.  Both my kids thought this book was funny. They both just laugh out loud when the little squirrel cannot find his very obviously hidden acorns in the book and the of course have to point them out for ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Acorns, Amanda, Fall, Preschool, Toddler

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Fall Activities for Toddlers

Here are some fun and easy fall crafts for toddlers for Tot School this week! We're spending some time focused on various elements of fall through Fall Math, Science, Arts and even a fun adventure to a Pumpkin Patch. Fall Tot School Weekly Plan Here's what we did for our Fall Tot School Activities. Monday - Fall Music Focus So it is a little cheesy, and I am sure someone else can claim they "created" this song, but we sang "All the Leaves are Falling Down," to the tune of My ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Art projects, Fall, Literacy Connections, Toddler, Tot School

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Fall Muffin Tin Syllable Counting Game for Kids

Fall Muffin Tin Syllable Counting Game for Kids to Make and Play. Learning objective: fine motor strengthening and syllable segmentation.

Pumpkins, acorns, and fall leaves are abound these autumn months. Make and play this fall muffin tin syllable counting game with your kids for some fine motor and phonemic awareness practice. Affiliate links. Reprinted with permission from 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids.  Take a peek inside our book here! Fall Muffin Tin Syllable Counting Game for Kids Say and count syllables in this self-checking muffin tin game. Sneak in a little fine motor practice and boost early ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Fall, grade school, Muffin Tin, Preschool, Scarecrow, Syllables

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DIY FALL Color Word Book, a Preschool Lesson on Fall Colors

Fall BIY Book featuring fall colors in leaves

The colors of fall capture the hearts of many children (and grown ups too) There is just something magical about the season and all the fall colors.  Reds, oranges, yellows, browns, paint the trees where green used to be.   In this activity preschoolers (and grade school children) will make a flip book of fall colors while studying leaves and the trees that they come from. Affiliate Links included in this post Preschool Lesson on Fall Colors: DIY Flip Book This activity ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Fall, Fall Activities, grade school, learning activities, Leaves, Literacy, Preschool

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