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And all at once, summer collapsed into fall…

~Oscar Wilde~

This pretty much sums up what I feel right now. How can it already be fall?? It feels like the summer just started. We’re going back to school after Labor Day, but I know most of you start earlier. Therefore I’ve come up with a new Bucket List with lots of Homeschooling ideas for the FALL. See bottom of post to download the FREE printable I’ve created. It’s packed with fun things for your kids to do in the fall.

I LOVE the fall! There’s just so much to do and learn with all the holidays coming up. And not to speak about the change in nature! Everything sparkles with color and the air turns crisp. The season is made for spending lots of time outdoors!

I separated the activities into a few different sub categories:

 

  • General fall activities
  • Columbus Day and the Missions
  • Learning about the Native American People
  • Halloween
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving

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General Fall Activities

  1. Go for (lots of) hikes
  2. Collect leaves
  3. Go biking
  4. Collect pinecones
  5. Climb trees
  6. Jump in leaves
  7. Make pincone animals
  8. Rake leaves
  9. Make a bird feeder
  10. Play in the rain
  11. Go out with a sketch pad and draw nature
  12. Do leaf rubbings with use of crayons
  13. Go apple picking
  14. Bake an apple pie
  15. Make apple prints
  16. Study the parts of an apple
  17. Learn about hibernation
  18. Learn about animal migrating
  19. Plant flower bulbs
  20. Learn about different kinds of mushrooms
  21. Make a mushroom diorama
  22. Identify different kinds of mushrooms outside
  23. Try leaf printing
  24. Learn why leaves change color in the fall
  25. Weave, using a homemade cardboard loom
  26. Try weaving on a stick
  27. Make birds or other creatures from leaves
  28. Make leaves from rubbings and watercolors
  29. Paint sticks
  30. Make a rain stick
  31. Make fall slime!
  32. Download the “Sky Guide” app
  33. Research one star constellation
  34. Make a solar system diorama
  35. Create a fall scavenger hunt
  36. Make your own fall art exhibition
  37. Have a picnic in the park/woods
  38. Make pom-pom forest animals
  39. Make fall Pom Pom mobile
  40. Make friendship bracelets
  41. Make a chime, using old silverware, washers and keys
  42. Make a fall wreath
  43. Paint feathers

     

    Columbus Day and the Missions

  44. Research the origin of Columbus Day
  45. Visit a local mission (or research one)
  46. Write about how the arrival of Europeans affected the indigenous people in the Americas

     

    Learning about the Native American People

  47. Research a Native American tribe
  48. Make a Native American tribe diorama
  49. Build a tee-pee in the yard
  50. Make a talking stick
  51. Make a totem craft
  52. Visit a local pow wow
  53. Make bows and arrows
  54. Paint Native American pictographs on rocks
  55. Tell stories, using the rocks
  56. Make a Native American game
  57. Make paper “buffalo hide” art
  58. Read/tell Native American ancient stories
  59. Make a dream catcher

     

    Halloween

  60. Visit a pumpkin patch
  61. Learn about a pumpkin life cycle
  62. Visit a corn maze
  63. Carve pumpkins
  64. Paint a pumpkin
  65. Make a scarecrow
  66. Learn about spiders
  67. Make toilet paper roll spider stamps
  68. “Preserve” a real spider web on black paper
  69. Make spider web art (crayon and watercolors)
  70. Make jumping spiders
  71. Learn about bats
  72. Do some bat crafts
  73. Draw fantasy monsters/creatures, using wiggly eyes or stickers as starters
  74. Make ghost slime!
  75. Do some ghost experiments
  76. Do something that scares you
  77. Make an erupting volcano (using a pumpkin as volcano)
  78. Decorate for Halloween with window markers
  79. Go on a hayride
  80. Make a pom-pom pumpkin garland
  81. Make spooky Halloween treats
  82. Bake pumpkin bread
  83. Roast pumpkin seeds
  84. Make your own costume for Halloween
  85. Guess a pumpkin’s circumferance

     

    Veterans Day

  86. Learn about the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day
  87. Find a way to honor a veteran
  88. Write a poem about veterans
  89. Make painted coffee filter poppies

     

    Thanksgiving

  90. Read a book about Thanksgiving
  91. Research the pilgrims and the history of Thanksgiving
  92. Plan a thanksgiving dinner
  93. Write notes to friends to tell them what you appreciate about them
  94. Make a centerpiece for the thanksgiving table
  95. Bake a pecan pie
  96. Make napkin rings for the thanksgiving table
  97. Write a thanksgiving poem
  98. Make a “gratitude pumpkin”
  99. Play thanksgiving games
  100. Make turkey popcorn treat bags from clear gloves
  101. Make handprint turkey with feathers

 

 

There is no description, no image in any book capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all of the life to be found around them in a real forest.

~Maria Montessori~

Additional tips for a fun (homeschool) fall

  • Chill -Try not to be over ambitious. Pick one thing to do at a time. If you plan too many things before starting the risk is high you’re not gonna follow through…or does it only happen to me??
  • Pick the things from the list you think that you and your kids will really enjoy doing. If one activity doesn’t feel fun and worth doing, skip to the next.
  • Plan ahead! Countless hours -and days- can pass without anything exciting happening if you don’t plan ahead. Try to sit down together at the beginning of the week and decide which fun activity you’d like to do and when.
  • Make sure you have all the materials at hand before starting.
  • If you need any printables, print out the day before. Otherwise you might loose your kids’ interest (while you’re frantically looking for things online) even before starting.
  • Have fun!

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

~Albert Camus~

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