Autumn / Fall Centers for Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins

The Autumn / Fall Centers for Preschool offers a collection of 15 engaging activities. Designed for use in centers and small groups, these activities cater to children in Preschool and Kindergarten. Ideal for the autumn season, these resources help develop fine motor skills, pre-writing, alphabet tracing, number recognition, and more.

Autumn / Fall Centers for Preschool Contents:

1. Fine Motor Practice Mats (2 Mats: Acorn and Leaf)
   Prepare by printing and laminating the mats. Provide small objects like pom-poms or beads for children to place in the circles, enhancing their fine motor skills.
2. Falling Autumn Leaves Write and Wipe Pre-Writing Tracing Practice
   Print and laminate this tracing page. Children use a dry-erase marker to trace the lines from top to bottom, honing their pre-writing skills.
3. Autumn Write and Wipe Pre-Writing Cards: Left to Right (9 Cards)
   Print, laminate, and cut the cards. Keep them together using a key ring or pipe cleaner. Children trace the lines from left to right, building foundational writing skills.
4. Autumn Write and Wipe Alphabet Tracing Cards
   Print, laminate, and cut apart these alphabet cards. Children use dry-erase markers to trace the letters, following directional arrows to practice correct letter formation.
5. Autumn Leaves Letter and Beginning Sounds Match (19 Pages)
   Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Optionally, glue each leaf to a clothes peg. Children match lowercase letters and beginning sounds to the correct autumn tree.
6. Pre-Primer Autumn Leaves Sight Words (40 Sight Words)
   Print, laminate, and cut apart the sight word cards. Children use leaf letter tiles to build sight words, reinforcing early reading skills.
7. Autumn Number Tracing Practice (1-10)
   Print, laminate, and cut the number tracing cards. Children trace numbers with a dry-erase marker, following arrows for correct formation.
8. Pumpkin Seed Number Match (1-10)
   Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Attach Velcro to the pumpkin seeds and pumpkins. Children match the number representations to the correct pumpkin.
9. Apple Seed Counting (1-10)
   Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Glue apple seeds to clothes pegs or use real seeds. Children count and peg the correct number of seeds to each apple.
10. Squirrel and Acorn Shape Matching (8 Pages)
    Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Children match everyday objects on acorns to the correct squirrel. Encourage sorting of other classroom or home objects as well.
11. Autumn Tree and Leaves Color Sorting (23 Pages)
    Print, laminate, and cut out the pieces. Glue leaves to clothes pegs. Children clip the colored leaves to the matching tree, practicing color recognition and sorting.
12. What is Different? Autumn Cards (4 Cards)
    Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Children identify and peg the picture that is different, enhancing their observation skills.
13. What Doesn’t Belong? Autumn Cards (4 Cards)
    Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Children identify and peg the picture that doesn’t belong, practicing categorization.
14. Autumn Sequencing Cards: Life Cycle of an Apple and Pumpkin (2 Pages)
    Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Children order the cards to show the life cycle sequence of an apple and pumpkin, understanding natural processes.
15. Autumn Leaves Patterns (AB)
    Print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Glue the cut-out pictures to clothes pegs. Children complete the patterns by clipping the correct picture in the empty box.

These Autumn / Fall Centers for Preschool activities are perfect for fostering a love for learning during the autumn season.

Happy Teaching! 🙂

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