Autumn

Personal Social and Emotional

Our favourite colours. Circle time game, whisper your favourite colours. Make a tally chart to show the most popular favourite colour. Ask about Autumn colours. What is happening to the trees? Who has a birthday in Autumn? …

Communication Language and Literacy

Share Autumn stories and non-fiction books about seasons (Autumn). Have an Autumn feely bag (Conkers, Dry Leaves etc.). Ask children to describe what objects felt like (Smooth, Crunchy etc.).

Physical Development

Talk about taking care of ourselves in the colder weather. Washing our hands to stay well, wearing our coats to stay warm. Talk about when we feel poorly. Read Topsy and Tim go to the Doctors.

Mathematics

Counting Autumn objects. Can you line up 5 conkers, leaves? Make a leaf print number line.

Understanding the World

Talk about light and dark, it is dark earlier, who has seen the moon? Why is the moon small or bigger sometimes? What is happening? Cut up a pumpkin and observe seeds inside.

Expressive Art and Design

Go for an Autumn walk around the field to collect leaves and twigs ….. to make an Autumn collage. Mix red and yellow paint together to make some Autumn tree pictures. Experiment with mixing colours to make brown.

Focused Vocabulary

Autumn, Sunset, Moon, Conkers, Red. Gold, Orange, Weather, Leaves, Falling, Change, Pumpkin, Windy Weather