Painting pumpkins is a great alternative to carving pumpkins that you can do with younger children and children that do not like the feel of pumpkin guts. This activity often follows a trip to the pumpkin patch and cleaning our pumpkins in our always fun pumpkin washing sensory bin! It’s a great way to clean […]
Halloween Ten Frame & Number Cards Printable
A free fall and Halloween ten frame printable! Ten frames are a simple tool that can help kids immensely when it comes to counting, adding, and subitizing. It’s really amazing how much learning kids get from these simple activities. This Halloween ten frame is perfect for some fall learning! Download your copy below. Post contains affiliate links […]
Pumpkin Pie Scented Playdough
Fall is here! Let’s make some pumpkin pie scented playdough! Have you ever made homemade playdough? I prefer making my own playdough to buying it in-store because I can make larger batches for my daycare kids. I also can customize our homemade playdough and add scents or make fun colors! This pumpkin pie scented playdough […]
Hammering Nails into Pumpkins for Kids
Hammering nails into pumpkins creates unique jack-o-lanterns and is so much fun for kids! We love fall and fall means doing lots of pumpkin themed activities. We usually do lots of pumpkin learning activities and crafts, like pumpkin washing sensory play and pumpkin patch small world activities, every year in my home daycare. Each of these activities are […]
Pumpkin Collages with Fall Fabrics for Toddlers
Every fall I tell myself I’m going to use my sewing machine to make something festive but I just never get around to it. This year I finally decided that rather than letting the fabric just collect dust I should actually do something with it. As a result I turned some of it into this fun fall craft for my […]
Pumpkin Washing Fall Sensory Bin
Pumpkins are my favorite symbol of fall so what’s better than turning them into a fall sensory bin. After a recent trip to the pumpkin patch (well three pumpkin patches to be exact) we ended up with a pile of pumpkins and gourds. We plan to find fun ways to explore and learn with pumpkins in […]
Fall Jack-O-Lantern Preschool Activity (Book Inspired)
This fall jack-o-lantern preschool activity is so much fun! It’s also a great way to help young children learn about big emotions and how to manage them. This simple learning activity was created based on one of our favorite pumpkin-themed fall books: It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff. It’s a classic story that is […]
Potato Jack O’ Lantern Prints
Pumpkins are part of our fall activities but with Halloween approaching we’ve started learning about carving pumpkins and creating Jack-O-Lanterns. We’ll be hitting up the pumpkin patch soon so we can use real pumpkins but until then we’ve been having fun making our own pumpkins with different materials. Today we used potatoes! Our garden yielded an excessive amount […]
Pumpkin Counting Activity & Light Table Play for Preschoolers
This pumpkin counting activity for preschoolers is perfect for fall! Kids are back in school and the weather is getting cooler! As fall begins we’re seeing pumpkins pop up everywhere and the kids love learning about them. To go with our introduction to counting and numbers I made this simple Montessori-inspired pumpkin counting set. It’s super easy to […]