Autumn has a magical charm with its vibrant leaves and crisp air, but here in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, it looks a little different. Our trees stay green, and the air feels damp rather than crisp. Even so, I was inspired to design my Autumn Preschool Centers for U.S. classrooms. This packet brings the spirit of fall into learning with activities like fine motor practice mats, pre-writing tracing, alphabet cards, pumpkin seed sorting, apple counting, and more.
To download FREE SAMPLE PAGES from the Autumn Preschool Centers packet, click on the photos included in this post! Links to purchase the complete 123-page packet are included at the end of this post!
Fall Fine Motor Activities for Preschool
Autumn Leaf Fine Motor Practice Mat
Strengthen little fingers by filling in circles with buttons, pom-poms, or mini erasers.
Pre-Writing Tracing Mats & Cards
Includes both vertical (falling leaf) and horizontal tracing cards. Laminate and use with dry-erase markers to practice left-to-right strokes.
Autumn Literacy Centers
Alphabet Tracing Cards
Each card shows correct letter formation with a starting dot. I keep mine on a key-ring for easy storage.
Alphabet & Beginning Sounds Match
Match uppercase and lowercase leaves to trees, then extend the activity with beginning sound pictures. Clothespins make this extra fun!
Autumn Sight Words
Practice 40 pre-primer sight words by clipping, matching, or building words with letter tiles. A great way to reinforce letter order and 1-1 correspondence.
Fall Math Activities
Apple Number Tracing (1–10)
Trace each number with a dry-erase marker. Seeds inside the apple halves reinforce counting.
Apple Seed Counting
Peg real or paper seeds to the correct apple. Kids love the tactile element!
Pumpkin Seed Number Match
Match pumpkins with numerals, ten frames, and seed quantities for a full number sense workout.
Squirrel and Acorn Shape Sorting
Match real-world shapes to squirrels holding acorns.
Sorting, Patterns, and Critical Thinking
Color Matching Trees & Leaves
Clip red, orange, and yellow + more leaves onto their matching autumn trees.
AB Leaf Pattern Cards
Build simple repeating patterns with autumn leaves.
Which One is Different? & What Doesn’t Belong?
Boost critical thinking by spotting the odd picture or category out.
Sequencing Cards
Explore the life cycle of an apple and a pumpkin in picture order.
Why Teachers Love These Autumn Preschool Centers
- Easy to prep — just print, laminate, and add clothespins, pom-poms, Velcro, or markers.
- Versatile — use in morning tubs, small groups, centers, or for early finishers.
- Seasonal fun — children connect learning to the themes of fall, keeping them engaged.
Purchase the Autumn Preschool Centers
To purchase the complete 123-page Autumn Preschool Centers packet, click on either store link below.
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Love it!!!! Beautiful images and great ideas for centers.
Fall is in full swing here in New York! The leaves are almost at full peak. Thank you for creating this fun and colorful packet.
Love it… So cute… Well done!!!
x
Anne
do you have a place where you can get all letter tracing cards and all number tracing cards?
Awesome packet.I am so excited to put it all together…(well actually you did all that!).
I just cannot wait to print and laminate and observe the children engaging in the wonderful centers.They will love it.
Thanks so much.
I’m so glad you like it! I hope your children have lots of fun with the centers!
Hi again. I am from Canada …the northern country in North America…above the U.S.
We also have fabulous autumn foliage with magnificent colours.
Hi Debra! Thanks for much for stopping by 🙂
Looking forward to using this activities with my students!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Is there a way to get just the autumn tree color sorting game in more colors without buying the whole bundle?
Hi Tara,
I’m sorry, but they are only available as part of this packet.
– Lavinia
Buna, sunt profesoara pentru invatamant prescolar, si vreau sa te felicit pentru minunatele tale creatii. Am o intrebare, cum as putea sa-mi creez eu insami astfel de materiale didactice, tinand cont ca nu am voie la gradi , deoarece predau la o gradinita de stat din Romania sa trec cerintele in alta limba. Ce program, sau cum sa creez imaginile? Iti multumesc anticipat, iti doresc, tie si familiei tale multa sanatate si bunul Dumnezeu sa va binecuvanteze cu cele mai minunate daruri! NicoletaOprea
Great and inspirational material
Thanks for sharing these great Ideas!
How can we get a FULL set of the activities? Instead of just A-F or 1-3
Very cute ideas
Thank you,
Denise
Denise,
You can access the complete resource by purchasing the product.
Kind regards,
Lavinia
Is there any way I can get the fall activities for free please.
Can I purchase just the pumpkin seed number sort?
Angelena, I’m so sorry, but they are only available as part of the packet.
Hi, where can I get the autumn sequencing cards?
I love your work, it’s really wonderfull!
How do I get the fall activity package?
Hi! Thank you so much for this great packet! Would it be okay for me to include this page in a round-up blog post I am working on that is specifically about learning sight words with leaf activities? (Permission to link to your site and possibly use one of the images to show your activity?) I would be so honored, and of course I would leave a link to this page giving you credit to tell people where it came from! 🙂 PS – My site is all about literacy and tools for beginning readers at http://www.mythreereaders.com
Excellent resources, thank you for sharing
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I love hands on activities it’s wonderful
I was interested in your free pages. These are great!
How do I access your free pages.
Thank you
You will need to click on the photos with the page you’d like to download 🙂
Hi Great ideas! Where can I buy the packet?
Janelle, my store links are included at the end of the blog post 🙂