Nursery autumn activities

When my oldest daughter was a toddler, we went on a nature walk to hunt down some amazing fall leaves on Thanksgiving day. (Remember, Thanksgiving is in October here in Canada). We found tons of brightly coloured leaves, but I didn't know what to do with them. I ended up drawing little happy faces with names under them with a sharpie, and then we set them out on the Thanksgiving table as place cards. And even though they weren't fancy, they were so adorable! Grandpa's leaf had a smiley face…

Create a jack-o-lantern in this super fun scoop and pour coloured rice sensory bin. It's a great not so scary Halloween activity for toddlers.

Check out this lovely autumn/ fall craft idea; making your own playdough hedgehogs! Children will love making their own hedgehogs! Below we have a recipe...

EYFS on Instagram: "Our autumn tray 🍂 Todays Tuff tray, is autumn themed! As it is the start of this season, I thought it would be lovely to incorporate this into our upcoming activities. In the tray I have imitated a tree using train track and scattered leaves along the ‘branches’. #counting #numbers #number #numberrecognition #matchingnumeraltoquantity #numerals #eyfs #eyfsideas #eyfsteacher #eyfsinspiration #numeracy #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears #earlyyearsideas #eyfsfun…

Explore Autumn colours using some paint, conkers and a washing up bowl. This is the perfect Autumn activity if your little one is not keen on getting messy!

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During Autumn make some Nature Wands using leaf confetti. The children can enjoy using them outside igniting their imagination!

Day sixteen of our Stay at Home, Screen Free Activities Programme is all about cool things to do with a big roll of paper. Cool things to do with a big roll of paper One of my daughters favourite things to do is roll out a BIG sheet of paper. There’s something about the scale which […]

I was lucky enough to spend a lovely morning on a nature walk with my two small boys the other day. Just a local walk, and a local walk was enough…. Enough to find the last dandelion of the y…