4 Easy Preschool Themes For Fall

Whether you teach preschool or want some fun crafts and activities to keep your preschooler busy this harvest season, these easy preschool themes for fall will give you a ton of ideas.

Fall is an awesome time for kids. There is so much to do with visits to pick pumpkins or apples, baking and the exploring the wonderful colors.

It’s also a great time to teach them about nature and the seasons changing with day trips and craft projects.

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4 Easy Preschool Themes For Fall

I’ve put together some preschool themes for fall complete with ideas for books, crafts, and activities for you to do at home or the classroom.

You can easily do one theme a week or mix them up.

I did these themes last year with my 2.5-year-old and she loved them. I plan to do them again this year with both my girls.

Apples
Leaves
Pumpkins
Corn

1. Apples

Apple picking is the perfect Fall tradition. We love going apple picking on Thanksgiving weekend which is in mid-October in Canada.

There are so many fun apple crafts and activities that you can do – plus, if you are looking for an extra special fall snack, make sure to try these apple pancakes.

Apple crafts & Activities

Color sorting – red and green apples
Bake an apple pie
Make apple sauce
Apple Bobbing
Paint with apples
Apple Pie Playdoh – Found at emmaowl.com

Field Trip

Apple picking

Books about apples

2. Leaves

Crafts & Activities

Catch a falling leaf game
Fall leaf negative space painting- found at The Many Little Joys
Make a fall sensory bin filled with leaves and other items found in nature.
Match fall colors with paint swatches – Found at littlebinsforlittlehands.com
Dry leafs and make artwork using Ikea frames.
Make a Fall wreath – Cut a donut circle from card-stock and let the children decorate it.
Make leaf people on popsicle sticks – Found at happyhomefairy.com
I have tons of fun turkey crafts here, many of them use leaves or other items found in nature.

Field Trip

Nature walk to collect leaves
Visit a park to jump in piles of leaves
A great idea for a field trip is to do a Fall scavenger hunt like this free printable one found at Yellow Bliss Road.