Can you smell them? Fall is my favorite season and I love all the smells that go along with it.
- Pumpkin spice lattes
- Crisp brown leaves
- Cinnamon oatmeal cookies
- Sweet smelling mums
Yum! Fall is great for baking and you can tell I have food on my mind! Another great fall activity (according to my husband) is riding his new motorcycle. This past Sunday, he finally felt comfortable taking me for a ride around the block! And yes, in case you’re wondering, I felt pretty cool in my leather jacket! =)
Fall is also perfect for those crafts you’ve been wanting to do. For some ideas around your house (sorry-this is non-speech related for a moment), check out these cute front porch crafts I created this year!
A welcoming pumpkin….
A welcoming pumpkin….
And my wreath…
Okay, now onto speech-related crafts. My kiddos are having a blast right now creating these and I hope yours do too!
1. This year, I wanted each and every one of my kindergarten students to be able to decorate their own pumpkin. It was sort of a little goal I had this fall. These tiny pumpkins won’t break the bank and they’re easy to decorate using permanent markers. I’ve been using them to talk about emotions and social language. My students have even been naming their pumpkins and having conversations with them. What a great (and fun) way to incorporate language! Have them even use their “pumpkins” to practice their articulation sounds!
Here’s Mrs. Allison’s pumpkin!
2. Fall trees. Make sure to check out my previous post on these adorable (and easy) fall trees! Kids can practice their articulation sound with every dot they make!
3. These little spiders (craft idea from Pinterest), are great when working on prefixes (and they’re not scary either!) The kids love getting a little messy with finger paint. I simply cut strips of paper and wrote prefixes on them before they attached them to their spiders.
Also, don’t forget to check out my Halloween activities!
I hope you’re enjoying fall as much as I am. Don’t forget to put up your feet a little and have that pumpkin spice latte. =)
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Trina K says
October 15, 2013 at 11:23 pmLove the crafts (speech and non-speech related) The articulation one with trees is a cute idea. I just love the fall and any crafts that go with it! Motorcycles are fun as well… hopefully he’ll take you out on more rides. 🙂 I’m torn on getting a motorcycle license as they are fun to ride, but being a tiny girl I’d be afriad of not being able to keep it up!
Nicole Allison says
October 16, 2013 at 6:19 pmThank you! The bike is fun and as long as my husband continues to be safe (wearing his helmet and avoiding highways for a while), I’m fine with it. That would be pretty amazing if you got one!
Rachel Seymour says
October 16, 2013 at 9:04 pmI love your motorcycle jacket and your wreath is adorable!! 🙂
Rachel
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