Fall Leaves Play and Sensory Exploration

Children often learn best and retain the most information when they use their senses. Our fall-themed sensory activities will encourage your preschoolers and kindergarteners to use all five senses as they explore, create, play, and investigate.

Fall Leaves Small World Play Area for Preschool and Kindergarten

Collect fall leaves, twigs, branches, pinecones, acorns, etc. and place them inside a large tub. Add toy hedgehogs, owls, birds, squirrels, and small baskets to the tub.

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Fall and Leaves Small World Play Area

Fall Sensory Exploration Table

Place leaves (dried and green leaves) inside a small basket. Add scissors, mortar and pestle, small containers, Styrofoam blocks with skewers, and an *optional small plastic hammer on the table. Let children explore the leaves by grinding, snipping, crumbling, stacking, and crushing them.

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Fall Sensory Play Activity with Fall-Scented Play Dough

Collect fall leaves, acorns, pinecones, pine needles, twigs, etc. and place them inside small baskets on a table. Provide some fall-scented play dough and rolling bins. Let children play and explore with the different materials.

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Fall Pumpkin-Scented Play Dough

Visit Becky's blog yourmodernfamily.com to learn how to make Pumpkin-Scented Play Dough.

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Fall Sensory Jars

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Don’t you wish you could put all the beauty of fall in a jar for your kids to observe and describe? Blog Me Mom found a way to harvest autumn in a jar! Leaves, twigs, watercolors, and more come together to create these beautiful fall sensory jars. Click the link for details and step-by-step pictures of the process.

Learn how to make these beautiful fall sensory jars by visiting Blog Me Mom’s blog: