Fall Archives - Books and Giggles Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:15:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksandgiggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-BG-favicon-23-3-32x32.png Fall Archives - Books and Giggles 32 32 Fall Writing Tray Activity with Cornmeal https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/ https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:48:14 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10665 Inside: Preschoolers can celebrate the harvest with this story-based cornmeal writing tray activity and free printable letter formation cards. Add this to your Little Red Hen unit! This week, I stumbled on a fun, multicultural companion story to read aloud after your kids hear The Little Red Hen. Then, I created a hand-on early literacy...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/feed/ 0 Bat Letter Sounds Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:50:05 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10676 Inside: Help preschool and kindergarten students practice letter recognition and beginning sounds with a fun bat letter sounds activity perfect for October and Halloween. There’s just something about bats that captures kids’ curiosity. Whether you’re reading bat stories like Stellaluna, making bat crafts, or exploring nocturnal animals, they always seem to draw children in. Plus,...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/feed/ 0 October Story Sequencing Hats https://booksandgiggles.com/october-story-sequencing-hats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/october-story-sequencing-hats/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:16:54 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10176 Room on the Broom, The Scarecrow’s Hat, Stellalua, and Pumpkin Jack are some of my favorite sequencing books for October. These much-loved stories all have structures that work well for putting events in order and retelling. At the same time, telling the story back helps young students with comprehension and oral language. I started creating...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/october-story-sequencing-hats/feed/ 0 Apple Taste Test Activity with Free Printable Hats https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:36:37 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10108 Add these educational hats to your apple unit, and work on science, math, and literacy concepts with your preschool and kindergarten students. It’s apple season! Here’s a fun activity you can use with your apple unit, and it includes a cute free printable that adds a literacy element as well as science and math. Choose...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/feed/ 6 Friendly Monster Halloween Name Craft https://booksandgiggles.com/monster-halloween-name-craft/ https://booksandgiggles.com/monster-halloween-name-craft/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:17:29 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=9332 This Halloween name craft for preschool uses simple materials that you probably already have on hand – so it’s basically free! It focuses solely on the first letter of each child’s name, so it’s perfect for littles early in their learning path. Teaching children about the first letter in their name is a super relevant...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/monster-halloween-name-craft/feed/ 4 Squirrel and Acorn Fall Letter Sound Cards https://booksandgiggles.com/squirrel-and-acorn-fall-letter-sound-cards/ https://booksandgiggles.com/squirrel-and-acorn-fall-letter-sound-cards/#respond Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:11:05 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=8128 Inside: download these free printable fall letter sound cards and read about some fun ways to use them with your preschoolers or kindergarteners. Fall is in full swing, and we’re loving all things autumn right now! I already have some fun fall crafts and a huge list of apple activities here on the blog. I’ve...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/squirrel-and-acorn-fall-letter-sound-cards/feed/ 0 Fall Letter Craft for Preschoolers: L is for Leaf https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-letter-craft-leaf/ https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-letter-craft-leaf/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:40:00 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=8179 Inside: This fall letter craft takes leaf rubbings to the next level! Find out how we did it, and get a trick to make it easier for little hands. Autumn is finally here, and it’s time for a new fall letter craft! (Or even an old favorite leaf craft!) You can do this letter activity...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/november-read-alouds/feed/ 0 Hanging Bat Craft for Kids, Inspired by Stellaluna https://booksandgiggles.com/stellaluna-hanging-bat-craft/ https://booksandgiggles.com/stellaluna-hanging-bat-craft/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:42:41 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=6565 Just like in the children’s book Stellaluna, this little hanging bat craft holds on best by its feet, all wrapped up in its wings. It’s almost October, and I’ve been thinking again about bats! You’ll already find a chalk art bat craft and a leaf bat craft here on the blog. I’ve also been working...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/stellaluna-hanging-bat-craft/feed/ 0 Pumpkin Seed Alphabet Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/pumpkin-seed-alphabet-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/pumpkin-seed-alphabet-activity/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:42:44 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=6498 Get ready for Halloween with this easy prep pumpkin seed alphabet activity! These free printable cards are a fun way to practice lowercase letter tracing and alphabet letter matching skills. Read on to find out all the ways you can use them… October is one of my favorite months. I love dreaming up costumes, eating...

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