Autumn Activities
Welcome autumn! If you’re like me, you’re ready for some cooler weather and fun, fall activities. I love to use the changing of seasons to introduce new vocabulary, games, and activities into my sessions. It’s also a great time to reinforce previously learned skills from a different angle. Try some of these apple activities or create some of your own.
Apple activities
Materials: 6 apples (2 each of red, yellow, and green), preferably in varying sizes
Matching – Have the children match the apples by color (then by size, if appropriate).
Comparatives – Pick 2-3 apples that are different enough in size and do receptive and expressive language tasks for big/little, big/bigger/biggest, and small/smaller/smallest.
Describing – Have the children describe the similarities and differences between the different types of apples.
Vocabulary/Parts of a whole – Discuss the parts of an apple, using the terms stem, skin, flesh, core, and seeds. Cut an apple in half and show them the parts.
There are definitions for each of these parts at
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/gr2appleparts.htm
and an illustration of an apple with the parts labeled at
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/gr2applecutawaypopup.htm
Various speech and language skills – Print out this apple game board to use for a variety of skills.
To my friends in the Southern Hemisphere…I hope you are enjoying the beginning of spring. You can use many of the ideas above using flowers instead of apples. Silk flowers last longer and may be more consistent in size and color, but you can also just gather up a few from outside.
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