1st and 2nd Grade Fall Activities

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

A scarecrow Halloween craft featuring recycled materials.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

Chicken souse is a delicious dish native to the Caribbean. Much like American chicken soup, souse contains meat, broth and vegetables but with an island twist.

Boost fine motor skills and get in the spirit of fall with this fun wreath-making project.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.