In autumn children are fascinated by the falling leaves. They not only shine beautifully colorfully, they rustle as they run over and float past them in the wind.
In addition, leaves are also interesting again in spring. Then, when they grow again on all branches and announce the spring with their bright green.
I'll show you how you can easily make real-looking leaves from egg boxes (egg box). You just need a little color (water color or crayons) and a pair of scissors.
With a real leaf style they look very real from afar???
Make leaves – from egg carton
Sewing chestnut snake
Chestnuts are fascinating for children! "Now let's fill the belly of the snake with the chestnuts, because they are especially hungry today?!"
I'll show you how you can easily sew such a chestnut snake!
Sorting and counting game with natural materials
Collect your own natural materials with the children during a walk. Then you sort them and count them. Children enjoy this, especially if you collect them together before. You wonder what you can collect? With the free print template you have a specific task. Look yourself…
Autumn Mobile
Autumn time is treasure time! Pine cones and rose hips can be combined great. Use them together and make a great mobile. I'll show you how to do it.
Legging games with rose hips
Legging games with rose hips are a small challenge. Because the rose hips always roll back and forth. That's why laying trains fine motor skills and promotes concentration. All you need for this is a sheet of paper and rose hips.
Assigning autumn leaves + fruits (many variants)
Leaves change in autumn, yet once the leaves are assigned to their fruits and ponder what they look like in summer. Become autumn explorers! Collect leaves and fruits and get to know your environment. Have fun!
Assign autumn natural material
A nice little adventure is the assignment of leaves and fruits of the trees in autumn. First you collect leaves and fruits and then you assign them to them. The children get to know the trees and the leaves and fruits.
Paint Apple – on Model
Take an apple as a model, draw the outline and paint it. Glued on a colorful paper, you have a beautiful autumn work of art. Check out the colour gradients, where the style is and maybe your apple also has a leaf? The children learn to look closely at the apple, they deal with the color gradients and cut and paint. Above all, however, the small crafting is fun.
Sorting game/Counting game
In these games the children can deal with natural material. They get to know terms, the appearance and the distinguishing features of different materials. In addition, tactile perception and counting are promoted. These game ideas are a popular occupation for older crib children and kindergarten children.
As a preparation, collects the natural materials themselves. Searches for particularly beautiful materials and best creates the employment material together with the children.
Sorting game with nuts and acorns
In autumn there are many different natural materials to discover. Some of them look very similar at first glance. In order to train the eye and pay attention to details, the materials are sorted once. Sometimes this is not so easy. Start with materials that are very different sin, and slowly tremble.