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Traditional Kindergarten Activities for a Fall Party

Since school starts in the fall and kindergarten might be the first time kids are away from home, a fall party is an appropriate way to welcome students and get them excited about learning. Traditional activities include anything that takes advantage of nature's bounty since fall is associated with the harvest. Other activities incorporate the colorful leaves that dot the ground.
  1. Team Activity

    • Pumpkins are almost synonymous with fall. For pumpkin rolling, you need two small pumpkins that are light enough for a kindergartner to roll. Divide the students into two teams and set a starting line and a second point across the room. One at a time, each student on each team must roll the pumpkin from the starting line to the second point and back, passing it on to the next student. The team whose members all got a chance to roll the pumpkin and make it back first wins.

    Craft Activity

    • Take students on a nature walk to collect a variety of fallen leaves. Provide students with thick crayons with the paper taken off. Make leaf rubbings by placing leaves under a piece of construction paper or printer paper. (Thin paper works the best). Students should lightly rub the crayon across the paper, using the side of the crayon instead of the top. The outline of the leaf will show up on the paper.

    Interactive Activity

    • Apples are another traditional fall food whose popularity peaks in the autumn, when they ripen. Prepare for apple bobbing by filling a bucket with water and placing a few apples inside. Students should try to take out the floating apples using only their mouths. Depending on the class, this may be a very advanced activity for kindergarten, but if you think the students are up to it, they likely will have a good time. To reduce spreading germs, only place one apple in the bucket at a time and change the water between students.

    Learning Activity

    • Prepare bingo-style cards for the class with pictures of fall-related items instead of numbers and letters. Picture suggestions include squirrels, bare trees, apples, acorns and red, orange, brown and yellow leaves. Give each student a card that varies slightly from the other cards so no two cards are identical. Take students on a nature walk and bring the cards and a crayon for each student. When they spot an item on their card, they can cross it off with the crayon. Each student should try to cross off an entire line.

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