17 Kindergarten Fall Activities and Ideas

Fall is full of surprises, holidays and fun. Let’s celebrate together in your classroom or homeschool. Enjoy the ultimate list of fall activities: free printables, teaching resources, crafts and teaching ideas. Halloween, Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving celebration included!

Related: Halloween Activities for Kindergarten


Fall Printables (with freebies)

Free Halloween Phonics Sentences

Practice phonics while reading small sentences with kids (Halloween Theme).



Fall Phonics Boardgames

Practice various word families and words using boardgames.

Free Fall Phonics Sentences

Practice phonics while reading small sentences with kids (Fall Theme).


Thanksgiving Phonics - Turkeys

Practice phonics and CVC words - put on hats on turkeys!

Free Sight Words Boardgames (Halloween Theme)

Need something simple yet engaging for kids? Want to practice sight words? You're in the right place. Just print these boardgames and practice reading high frequency words!

Free Veteran’s Day Writing Prompts

Let your kindergarteners and kids in first grade practice a little piece of writing - use these quick writing prompts!


Fall Activities and Games

Fall vocabulary

Name all fall words from A to Z.

Find a rhyme

Divide kids into 3 teams and ask them to find rhymes to these words: bat (team 1), hay (team 2), fog (team 3). Other words: nut, apple, turkey, crow, spooky.

Circle time

During circle time ask kids to say thank you to the kid on the left. They should also think of the reason why they say thank you.

Make a poem

Ask kids to make a poem about a turkey.

Fall Crafts and Hands On Activities

Acorns fall craft

Make a wreath with acorns.

Paper plates fall craft

Make scarecrows/pumpkins using paper plates.

Fall craft with leaves

Glue leaves and ask kids to paint them with any magic color they’d like!

Fall craft with pumpkin and buttons

Make pumpkins with play dough and put buttons on them.

Fall craft with yarn

Take real oranges and glue yarn around them.

Fall hands on activity - make a salad

Ask kids to think of all the vegetables gathered in the fall. Then let them draw their fall salad.

Fall hands on activity with corns

Make a sensory bottle filled with corn.


I hope, you’ll find all these activities, freebies and worksheets engaging and fun!

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