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Harvest Games
• Contact_FullName: Kendra Contact_Email: teach4tots@msn.com date:: 10/06/06 Area: Fall- games Idea: At circle time during our fall theme, we played 'pin the leaf on the tree'. I drew a bare tree on poster board, and the blindfolded children put the leaves on it. When we were done, it turned out to look really cute. I used yellow, orange and red leaves. Contact_FullName: Amy Contact_Email: zephandamy@aaahawk.com date:: 10-2-06 Area: Fall Games Idea: Teacher makes game board using file folder, 12 rectangles, and stickers/pictures for decoration. Teacher glues 6 rectangles on the top and bottom inside the folder. Teacher writes numbers 1-6 on rectangles. Students roll the die, count the dots, and cover (can use leaf cut outs, pumpkin erasers, etc. as covers) the corresponding number. Teachers can make the game more difficult by using numbers 1-12 and using two dice. This game can be used with any theme. Contact_FullName: Melissa Wargo Contact_Email: Melwargo@yahoo.com date:: 10/25/01 Area: Holiday activity Idea: For thanksgiving/fall theme, gather leaves and bring inside in a common area. Give a few of the kids small brooms/rakes and sing the following words to "London Bridge" Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down, Autumn leaves are falling down welcome Autumn. Sweep the leaves and put them here, put them put here, put them here, Sweep the leaves and put them here, welcome Autumn. Jump right in and have some fun, have some fun, have some fun, Jump right in and have some fun-welcome autumn. The children participate in the activity in a circle and follow the cues for the activity. Contact_FullName: Esther Contact_Email: snazztshoes@hotmail.com date:: 09/25/01 Area: Harvest-Math Idea: Pop popcorn. Put it into a plastic bag. Drop in on to two drops of fall colored paint. (Too much paint makes popcorn too wet and not usable). Lay it out on paper. Children can use the painted popcorn in two ways; as a collage or as math tools. For instance, I make the number one on the left side of the child's paper. The child then glues one piece of popcorn beside that number one. Below that I make a four. The student picks four pieces of popcorn and glues them to the right of the four. This activity reinforces small motor skills, number recognition and it can give you and parents a good idea about where the child when it comes to number recognition. It's great for four to five year olds. You can also use pumpkin seeds, acorn, small leaves.
9-17-00Pumpkin File Folder Game Cut out 20 small pumpkins out of orange construction paper. Write the numbers 1-10 and draw black dots (representing seeds) to match the number, on 10 pumpkins. Do the same to the other 10. You should have 20 matching pumpkins. Glue 10 of them to the inside of a file folder. Glue an envelope or plastic baggie to the back of the folder and place the matching 10 in the envelope. This becomes a matching game for the children helping them learn their numbers. You can also use real pumpkin seeds and they have to place the correct amount on each pumpkin.
9-8-00Leaf Match : Use a glue stick to glue leaves plucked from 4-6 different trees on to a poster board. Cover with clear contact paper/or laminate. Sandwich leaves of the same size and variety between two pieces of clear contact paper. Trim around each leaves leaving a ¼ " sealed edge. Set the board and leaves on a tray. The children match the leaves.
9-8-00Large And Small Leaves- Select leaves from nearby trees. Collect a large and small leaf from each tree. Press the leaves between two large books to flatten them. Protect the leaves by preserving them in wax or by placing them between two sheets of clear adhesive paper and trimming to within ¼-inch of the leaf. Place the larger leaves on the table. Place the smaller leaves in a box. Ask the child to select a leaf from the box and match it to its partner on the table.
ideaProvide a tree pasted on a big piece of paper and 10 precut acorns. The child will have the piece of paper and the teacher will point to a number and the child will have to put that amount of acorns on the tree. Keep doing this till you go through all the numbers from one to ten. Date: 11-6-99ideaThis idea is great for 3's-- In your rice or sand table, sprinkle some of that neat shiny confetti--for fall you can use leaves, for Halloween you can use pumpkins or bats, etc. Have children go on a "treasure hunt" in the rice or sand and find the little pumpkins, bats, etc. When they have found all the confetti, each child can count how many they found-- you can also give the kids magnifying glasses to help with their search--the rice table has never looked so neat! Date: 10-21-99ideaSinging Gray Squirrel- GS GS swish your bushy tail (repeat) wrinkle up your little nose hold a nut between your toes GS GS swish your bushy tail Play this game.. Two children are the "tree" holding hands a third child is in the center being the "squirrel" while teachers and/or children are singing the "squirrel" comes out of the tree to find some nuts but watch out! There's a fox in the forest at the teacher's prompt a fourth child who's the fox come in the forest trying to catch the squirrel the squirrel who gets caught is the next fox. This is a good cooperation game for three and four year olds and is best played with a group so there's several squirrels. Date: 10-11-99idea"The Scarecrow in the Dell"- to the tune of "Farmer In The Dell" Ahead of time make necklaces with different fall pictures...examples... Scarecrow, pumpkin, Indian corn, leaves, etc. You start with one child being the scarecrow in the middle.. Sing the Scarecrow in the field the scarecrow in the field high ho it's fall time the Scarecrow in the field. The Scarecrow picks a pumpkin (child puts the pumpkin necklace on another child) and they join him/her in the middle of the circle. Continue with the pumpkin choosing a leaf...etc. Date: 10-11-99ideaHere are two Harvest Games that children may enjoy I know three yr. olds do! Play this game just like you play duck duck goose only instead of saying duck
duck goose you say squirrel, squirrel, scamper--
The second game is pretending to be a squirrel --talk about what sounds squirrels make --try to go on a nature walk outside and see some squirrels --let the children observe them and see how they act-- then you talk about what foods squirrels like to eat Pre make some foil wrapped surprises for your "squirrels" to find and eat--if you don't want to use real nuts you can use marshmallow "circus" peanuts or any other treat you think that the children may like --hide these treats around the room and tell the children its time to put on their imagination caps and pretend to be squirrels--let them scamper around finding the treats--unwrapping them from the tin-foil is like a squirrel getting the nut out of its shell--and it is great for there fine motor development..:) Date Submitted: 9-19-99
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