Here we go! Bring on the fall activities for preschoolers!

Depending on where you live, fall is starting to creep into the air. So let’s get these fall activities for preschoolers (and big kids alike!) started!

I will say that over here in the south, it is creeping at a snail’s pace. BUT we are welcoming the occasional zip-up early evening.

Morning walks before 9 that are not 90 degrees.

So what better way to welcome the new season than the best fall activities for preschoolers.

I categorized these activities just the way I would picture you searching for autumn ideas. Skip the endless search, I have found some fun ideas to share with you.

Fall Sensory Play
Fall Breakfast Invitations
STEAM ideas for fall
Autumn storybook retells ideas
Books to read aloud for September and October

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Let’s get started on these incredible autumn activities for toddlers roundup!

Here are some of my favorite ideas I have found to help welcome autumn in no particular order.

20 Fall Sensory Play Activities

Here are over 20 autumn sensory play activities for your toddler and preschooler. Inside this list, you will find apple playdough, pumpkin slime, and of course, water play to welcome fall. These autumn activities are the best!

Tissue Paper Pumpkin Art – Days with Grey

Fall Pour and Scoop – Days with Grey

Fall Leaf Paintings – Days with Grey

Pumpkin Cloud Dough – The Chaos and Clutter

Eyeball Soup – Days with Grey

Apple Wash – Busy Toddler

Fall Sensory Bottle The Chaos and Clutter

Apple Cinnamon Playdough- Natural Beach Living

Farm Theme Sensory Activity from Little Blue Truck – Stay at Home Educator

Muddy Pumpkin Patch – Nerdy Mama

Pumpkin Slime – Little Bins Little Hands

Pumpkin Gak – Busy Toddler

Fall Leaf Bath – Mama Papa Bubba

Fall Rock Soup – Happy Toddler Playtime

Little Blue Truck Playdough Kit – Mama Papa Bubba

Pumpkin Bath – Busy Toddler

Fall Leaves Slime Kori at Home

Apple Oobleck – Little Bins Little Hands

Crazy Pumpkin and Loose Parts – The Workshop for Children

Fall Sensory Bin – Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Fall Art – Mess Free Painting – Happy Toddler Playtime

Sticky Pumpkin – Days with Grey

10 Autumn Breakfast Invitations

What better way to keep your Breakfast Invitation rotation going than to add some fun ideas for fall! – You know I couldn’t leave this category out.

Wait! What is a Breakfast Invitation? START HERE.

Apple Dot to Dot – Days with Grey

Glue the Fall Leaves – Days with Grey

Save the Pumpkins – Days with Grey

Apple Sticker Sort – Busy Toddler

Autumn Places-settings – Days with Grey

Turkey Hole Punch – Happy Toddler Playtime

Pumpkin Memory Game – Days with Grey

Autumn Apple Gluing – Days with Grey

Fall Leaf Crown – Mama Papa Bubba

Fall Pumpkin Roll and Color Math Game – Fantastic Fun and Learning

Pumpkin Faces – Days with Grey

Fall Lacing Wreath – Happily Every Mom

Ghost Counting Eyes – Days with Grey

Fall Tinker Tray – Left Brain Craft Brain

Fall ideas for STEAM

Balancing apples on paper rolls, and making a clock out of a pumpkin? Yes, please! This is a short yet creative list to inspire STEAM learning for fall!

Apple Balance – Days with Grey

Fall Engineering Challenge Capri Plus 3

Pumpkin Clock STEM Project – Little Bins for Little Hands

Why Do Apples Turn Brown? – Left Brain Craft Brain

Falling Leaf Art and Science – Fun Fantastic Learning

Five Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge – Little Bins for Little Hands

Books and Book Activities for Fall

Books are the key to literacy. Here are some of my favorite books for fall and autumn activities that include apples, fall leaves, and all the frills of the changing season.

Retell Tree: A Peek Through Picture Book – Days with Grey
Pumpkin Faces – Days with Grey
Pair Books with the Perfect Fall Children’s Book – Happily Ever Mom
Room on the Broom – Days with Grey

Check out our fall favorites!

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Fantastic Book Fall Book List by Happily Ever Elephants