Although days are getting shorter and weather is becoming colder during fall season, it is still a good idea to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Take a child outside for a walk and let them observe changes in the season as they look for clues from a fall photo scavenger hunt. HOW TO…
Autumn Chestnut Hunt and Sensory Play
Every autumn season, we take almost daily walks in our local park and always bring home little treasures. Today girls insisted on picking up chestnuts so we ended with a chestnut sensory play – Chestnut hunt and soup! Outdoor Chestnut Hunt in the Park Our park is filled with chestnut trees and, since chestnuts are…
Free Fall Printable Pack for Preschoolers
So many things happen during fall season! As nature changes around us, there are also fun holidays to celebrate – Halloween and Thanksgiving! Today we share with you free fall printable pack for preschoolers (link to download further down in the post). Enjoy playing and learning! WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT TO FIND IN OUR FALL…
33 Ways to Play with Chesnuts this Fall
Fall is my favorite time of the year. It is always so beautiful outside to take a walk. There are Chestnuts (some also call them conkers or buckeyes) everywhere during this season and you would never even realize what all you could do with them. There are so many crafts and activities you and your…
21 Candy Corn Sensory Play Ideas for Kids
This week we explored corn through sensory play, but since Halloween is coming up, we decided to spice things up a little and collect sensory play ideas with Candy Corn! Hope you will enjoy playing and exploring all of these amazing sensory ideas with your kids! Add baking soda to Foam Dough and…
Corn Sensory Play
We are three weeks into the A-Z Sensory Play series and our activity today is based on the letter C. As it is fall and harvest season we thought it was the perfect opportunity to create a C is for Corn Sensory Play. I placed three corn husks into our green sensory bin for my…
Bird Seed Sensory Play for Toddlers
Last week, we started off our new toddler play series – A-Z of Sensory Play. Our journey through the alphabet began with an A is for Apple Scented Sensory Bin. Today’s activity focuses on the letter B and we decided to whip up and enjoy in bird seed sensory play. Autumn has begun and we have started…
33 Sensory Apple Activities for Kids to Enjoy this Fall
One of the most popular themes throughout fall season are apples. We collected 33 sensory apple activities you can enjoy with kids as you work through apple unit in preschool, tot school or kindergarten. And, of course, you can set them up at home as well. You will find here a variety of apple sensory…
Concker Spiders Craft
Since we gathered so many chestnuts last week and played with them in our bathtub, they have been all over the place. Today we have decided to make some fun animals with chestnuts. (You can also use conckers for this craft.) Since Halloween is fast approaching and toddler enjoys singing Itsy Bitsy Spider, we decided…
How to Make Apple Print Puppets
Yesterday we had fun creating apple prints. It’s a simple fall art / craft activity even a 2-year-old toddlers can create without any trouble. Instructions are simple: After you cut apples in half, you can either give them some paint to soak apples in and make prints on paper, or give them brushes and ask…