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Autumn Lesson Plans and Ideas

  • Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Welcome autumn into your classroom and celebrate harvest time and the changing foliage with fall-themed lesson plans about pumpkins, leaves, and life cycles and teaching ideas for math, science and art!

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Autumn and Harvest Lesson Plans and Activities

Harvest Time Math

Combine real-world math skills with information about harvests by using raw data provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Colorful Fall Fun With Clifford

With the help of Clifford, children compare problem solving strategies used in his stories. Also, find a variety of fun ideas to celebrate one of the most brilliant colors of autumn — orange.

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Fresh Fall Ideas

Fun fall activities for your classroom, such as hosting a math and science pumpkin party and keeping a tree journal.

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Teachers' Picks: Books for Fall

From apples to pumpkins, Ramadan to Halloween, autumn has plenty of things to celebrate. Get started with some of these books.
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Harvest Prints

Using fruits and vegetables as stamps, students create prints and patterns to reinforce the lesson that fruits contain seeds.
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Music and Movement: Falling Rain Dance

In this ready-to-use teaching idea for mixed ages, children go on a short rainy day walk while developing their observational skills and exercising creative movement.
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Fall vs. Spring Lesson Plan

Science and language arts activities, from comparing and contrasting seasons to identifying the characteristics of a flower

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All About Leaves

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Extension Activities

Engage the children in a discussion about the different types of trees in your community.
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Fall Leaves Fall! Lesson Plan

In this brilliantly hued celebration of the fun of fall, two brothers enjoy everybody's favorite autumn activities: chasing leaves through the air, stomping on them, raking them into piles, and jumping in!
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Now It's Fall Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan for the picture book Now It's Fall, by Lois Lenski, students will learn about autumn and different objects and events associated with this special season.

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Autumn Leaves Curriculum Connections

Explore leaves through exercising estimation skills, expanding leaf-themed vocabulary, and moving like a falling leaf.
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Finger Paint Leaf Prints Activity Plan

Observe the different shapes, sizes, and vein patterns of leaves by using finger paints and leaf prints.
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See the Fall Foliage: Web Resources

Take a tour of what the Web has to offer on autumn. Featured sites contain a comparison of fall in different biomes, step-by-step directions on how to preserve leaves, and a kid-friendly explanation of why leaves change colors.
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A Look at Life Cycles Lesson Plan

Illustrate the life cycle of an apple tree by having students work as a team to create a display about the four seasons.
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Pumpkin Ideas

Pumpkins in the Primary Classroom Curricular Unit

A thematic, interdisciplinary curricular unit that presents pumpkin-themed lesson plans in language arts, mathematics, and science.
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Books for Teaching With Pumpkins

Use this book list as a starting point for discussions and experiments about pumpkins. These titles can be used as read-alouds, pocket chart stories, and choral readings.
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