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Home / Early Learning / 15 Five Senses Activities for Fall Fun

15 Five Senses Activities for Fall Fun

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Today’s Share It Saturday features are all about five senses activities for the fall! Each of the senses has three activities for playful fall learning for the kiddos.

Five Senses Activities for Fall

Table of Contents

  • Activities for the sense of sight
  • Activities for the sense of hearing
  • Activities for the sense of smell
  • Activities for the sense of taste
  • Activities for the sense of touch
  • Fall Sensory Materials
  • Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Activities for the sense of sight

These ideas focus on children using their eyes to differentiate colors and light, as well as enjoy the sights fall has to offer!

Fall five senses activities - sense of sight

Fall Leaf Color Sorting from Stir the Wonder
Monster Hands Color Matching from Still Playing School
Enchanting Halloween Lanterns from Adventures in a Box

Activities for the sense of hearing

Songs and listening activities help children attend to sounds in their environment. So much literacy-based learning takes place with the sense of hearing, too!

Fall five senses activities - sense of hearing

Preschool Songs: The Leaves on the Trees from Growing Book by Book
Skeleton Syllable Activity from Pre-K Pages
Looking for Dracula Song and Activity from Rubberboots and Elf Shoes

Activities for the sense of smell

My preschoolers always seem enraptured with scent-based activities. I’ve found that scents add a new dimension to children’s learning.

Fall five senses activities - sense of smell

Apple Scented Play Dough from Buggy and Buddy
Scented Fine Motor Pumpkin Activity from Fun-A-Day
Apple Pie Sensory Play from Fun-A-Day

Activities for the sense of taste

Check out some delicious treats that are perfect for fall! The kids can help with the cooking and baking, too!

Fall five senses activities - sense of taste

Fall Sweets for Kids from Sugar Aunts
Halloween Books and Eats from Chestnut Grove Academy
Cheesy Cinnamon Apple Snack from My Nearest and Dearest

Activities for the sense of touch

Children use their sense of touch to explore the world around them and integrate new knowledge every day. Here are some ways to get their hands (and feet) into some fun fall activities!

Fall five senses activities - sense of touch

Sensory Pumpkin Decorating from A Little Pinch of Perfect
Sensory Autumn Art Project from Mosswood Connections
Frankenstein’s Monster Footprint Art from Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

Do you have any fall five senses activities you’d like to share? Which of the above ideas will you try out with the kiddos first?

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Fall Sensory Materials

From the sounds of the crunching leaves and the feel of pumpkin guts in your hands to the smell of apple cinnamon, fall is one of the best times of year to teach about the five senses. And there’s no better way to teach about the five senses than for the students to engage in activities that awaken each of the senses.

The list above is a great start for teaching the five senses this fall. But maybe you’re looking to create your own five senses lesson plans for your students. If so, I’ve created a list of some fall sensory materials to give you a bit of inspiration! Check it out below (I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post):

  • Rice
  • Feathers
  • Dry corn kernels
  • Apples
  • Leaves
  • Acorns
  • Pine cones
  • Washable paint
  • Cinnamon
  • Allspice
  • Pumpkins and gourds
  • Pumpkin guts
  • Applesauce
  • Cloves
  • Nutmeg
  • Water

Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Planning meaningful lessons for students week after week, all while balancing other teaching responsibilities and a personal life, can be a daunting task. That’s where Preschool Teacher 101 comes in to save you time!

Preschool Teacher 101 is excited to share with you some amazing lesson plans, activity packs, and much more! We offer a wide variety of themes that are frequently used in preschool classrooms, as well as some less common (but super interesting) themes. Click on the image below to learn more about our five senses lesson plans!

5 Senses Lesson Plans

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