A simple autumn activity for fine motor skills: some acorns that we gathered together on our walk, homemade playdough, a tiny jar (with a small opening for some extra challenge), and large scissors. The acorns are slightly pushed inside, so they stand and they’re easier to take out. The scissors are very good, because although…
Autumn Leaf Necklace
We gathered autumn leaves last year and I laminated them and made some holes. Today we dug them out of our storage and used them for a cool necklace. I would like to try it with fresh leaves again. What do you think?
Looking for Autumn Printables? Look no more :)
This product contains lots of games that kindergarteners can play, with an adult or independently. These make great centre activities during autumn. Included are: Cutting/Tracing Strips Shadow Matching Game Montessori Three Part Cards Flashcards Game ideas for the flashcards (or any flashcards) Rhyming Game (used with the three-part cards) Initial Letter/Sound Recognition Game Number puzzles…
Nature Shapes
We took a nature walk with the kids and talked about autumn signs, while gathering leaves, apples, acorns, and twigs. Then we reviewed shapes and made large ones on the floor, with washy tape and the things collected.
A Simple Experiment with Flowers and Food Colouring
We had these beautiful tiny white flowers (I think they’re called baby’s-breath) and I asked E. if she wants to put them in coloured water. She was excited when I told her that something will happen to the colour of the flowers. I set up everything (glasses, food colouring, pitcher, scissors, and flowers) and she…
Codeswitching
If you have a bilingual child or if you are bilingual, then you are probably using both languages in the same conversation quite often. I do. This is called code switching. “In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of…