[Autumn Activities] Nature Play and Craft Ideas for Fall to Incorporate into Childcare!
Autumn is a season full of nature that can be put to good use in childcare.
It’s also a time when we can really feel children’s growth, isn’t it?
As it becomes more comfortable to spend time outdoors, many preschools and kindergartens likely enjoy activities like collecting nuts and gathering fallen leaves.
You want to introduce lots of new activities but can’t find any ideas…
For those with that concern, we’ve gathered recommended nature play and craft ideas for autumn.
Enjoy them together with the children and savor the fruitful season.
The experiences they have at your center will become precious memories for them.
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Autumn Activities: Fall Nature Play and Craft Ideas to Incorporate into Childcare! (111–120)
Rhythm Play: “Dragonfly”
We’ll introduce a rhythm game where you pretend to be a dragonfly.
While the music is playing, spread your arms and run around as if a dragonfly is flying through the sky.
When the music stops, freeze on one leg with your arms still outstretched.
It’s a bit like musical chairs.
Since everyone will be zooming around together, be careful not to bump into friends nearby.
Can you balance and stop neatly? It’s sure to get the whole class excited! As a lead-in to the game, we also recommend going outside to observe real dragonflies.
Acorn play
Here are three games using the acorns that fall all over the roads in autumn! First is “Acorn Bowling,” where you use acorns as the ball and the pins.
It’s actually harder to stand up the acorn pins than it is to roll the acorn ball.
The second game is “Acorn Standing,” which uses the same technique of standing acorns like pins.
It’s surprisingly tricky to get them to stand, so you can easily get hooked! Lastly, there’s “Acorn Spinning Tops,” where you spin acorns like tops.
If you spin them well, the acorn might even end up standing upright!
Catching autumn insects
We tend to associate insect collecting with summer, but autumn bug-hunting is great too! Crickets, grasshoppers, dragonflies—there are lots of insects kids love in the fall as well.
Quietly observe places where bugs are likely to be, such as between grasses or near rice fields.
As you search, you’ll gradually get better at finding them.
All you need is a net and a cage to enjoy it easily.
After you’ve had fun catching bugs, either set up an environment at the kindergarten to keep them or return them to nature.
Hopefully it becomes a chance to learn that insects are living creatures, too.
In conclusion
We introduced fall play ideas that kids will love.
There were a variety of ideas, from making use of autumn’s natural features to activities that let you feel your child’s growth.
Be sure to try lots of these activities and enjoy wonderful time with your children.