🍁 Fall Learning Fun for Preschool & Kindergarten

Hands-On Autumn Activities from The Peaceful Press

Are you excited about seasonal homeschool learning? Do your kids come alive exploring the crunchy leaves, apples, and trees that make fall so magical?

At The Peaceful Press, we love helping families lean into the beauty of each season. That’s why our Nourishing Nature Kindergarten curriculum includes an entire month-long study of trees and farms—a perfect fit for autumn with your preschool and kindergarten students, and our new Peaceful Preschool Volume 2 includes several fall themed lessons featuring trees, apples, acorns, and more!

Here’s a sneak peek of a simple, tree-themed fall lesson full of hands-on learning, literature, and outdoor discovery. 🍂

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🌳 Tree-Themed Preschool Lesson

📚 Read-Aloud

Start by reading The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins, a beautiful picture book about Katherine Olivia Sessions and her love for trees.
👉 Watch the read-aloud on YouTube
👉 Buy on Amazon

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🔤 Phonics Activity

Create a giant letter T using materials from nature—bark, leaves, twigs, or pinecones. This helps reinforce letter recognition while connecting literacy to the outdoors.

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✋ Fine Motor Practice

Go on a nature walk and collect acorns. Sort acorns by size when you return.
🌰 Tip: To remove bugs or bacteria, bake your acorns at 200°F for 1 hour before using them in crafts or play.

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🏃 Gross Motor Skills

Make a fall nature bracelet by wrapping masking tape around your child’s wrist (sticky side out). Go outside and collect tiny natural treasures—leaves, twigs, seeds, and petals—that stick to the bracelet as a living nature collection.

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🍽️ Practical Life: Cook Together

Make a warm, cozy treat together with our Dutch Apple Baby recipe below. This activity brings in math, sequencing, and fine motor skills while nurturing connection.

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🎨 Art Exploration

Create adorable leaf animals! Use different shapes and sizes of leaves to form heads, bodies, legs, and tails of woodland creatures. Let your child’s imagination run wild!

🥘 Dutch Apple Baby Recipe (Perfect for Fall Mornings)

Ingredients:

• 4–5 apples, peeled and thinly sliced

• 6 tbsp butter

• ¼ cup cinnamon sugar

• 4 eggs

• 1 cup milk

• 1 cup flour

• Dash of salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.

2. In a cast iron skillet, cook apples with butter and cinnamon sugar over medium heat until translucent.

3. While apples cook, beat eggs, milk, flour, and salt.

4. Pour batter over the apples and bake for 15–20 minutes or until golden brown.

5. Serve warm for a comforting fall breakfast.

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🍂 Explore More Fall Learning with The Peaceful Press

If you loved this tree lesson, you'll adore our full Nourishing Nature Kindergarten curriculum. It's packed with gentle, developmentally appropriate activities for children ages 3–6 and is perfect for Charlotte Mason-inspired or nature-based homeschoolers.

Here are a few more fall-friendly resources from The Peaceful Press:

• 🌳 The Tree Guide – A week-long unit study that deepens your child's appreciation for trees through books, recipes, nature walks, and art. This unit is part of Nourishing Nature Kindergarten

• 🚜 The Farm Guide – Learn about farm animals, food production, and rural life—an excellent companion to fall harvest themes. This is the second month in Nourishing Nature Kindergarten

• 📚 Peaceful Preschool Volume 2 – A curated collection of nature-inspired picture books for each season, perfect for morning time or afternoon read-alouds.

• 📚 Nature Book Flood – A curated collection of nature-inspired picture books for each season, perfect for morning time or afternoon read-alouds.

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🍁 Why Seasonal Learning Works

Children thrive when learning is tied to real-world experiences and the rhythms of nature. Fall offers so many natural opportunities for discovery—from watching leaves change to harvesting apples and baking together.

Using literature-based homeschool curriculum and hands-on activities helps your child:

Build fine and gross motor skills

Grow in phonics and early literacy

Deepen sensory and nature awareness

Form strong family bonds through meaningful routines

Whether you’re brand new to homeschooling or a seasoned veteran, The Peaceful Press is here to help you create joyful, connected learning at home.

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📥 Ready to dive deeper?
Get the Nourishing Nature Kindergarten here and begin your cozy fall learning adventure today!