Toddler and Preschool October Theme Ideas

Inside: Planning your toddler and preschool October theme ideas? This collection has a variety of skill-building activities for your curriculum!

Ready to plan for October?

I’ve got a big collection of ideas for the home or classroom that build a variety of skills!

Included are suggested themes, ideas for specific centers, and different skill-building activities.

Get out your planners and add some of these hands-on ideas!

Toddler and Preschool October Theme Ideas

Themes

Apples

Pumpkins

Spiders

Bats

Owls.

Squirrels

Forest

Farm

Halloween

Centers

Art

Apple Suncatchers (Free Template)

Apple Stamping Process Art

3-Dimensional Apple Trees

Two Ingredient Apple Prints

Bubble-Wrap Printed Apples

Toddler Pumpkin Painting

Spin-Painted Pumpkins

Painting with Pumpkins

No-Mess Pumpkin Painting

Color-Mixing Pumpkin Prints

Pumpkin Magnets

Muddy Pigs Art

Golf-Ball Painted Pigs on the Farm

Toddler Farm Painting

Egg Carton Spiders

Spin-Art Spiders

Spider Web Art

Paper Plate Owls

Fall Process Art Using Corks

15+ Fall Paper Plate Crafts

Sensory Bin

Apple Sensory Bin

Apple Fine Motor Sensory Bin

Spider Sensory Bin

Farm Sensory Bin

Farm Animal Washing

Circle Time

Apple Props

Pumpkin Props

Five Little Pumpkins Activity (Free Printable)

Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppets

Forest Animal Stick Puppets

Put the Animals in the Barn Activity

Music & Movement

Itsy Bitsy Spider Circle Time Song Props (Free Printable)

Fall Songs for Circle Time

Science

Pumpkin Science Activities (Early Learning Ideas)

Apple Science (Buggy and Buddy)

Fall Science Activities

Dramatic Play

Apple Stand

Pumpkin Patch

Fall Dramatic Play Ideas

Light Table

Ultimate Collection of Light Table Activities

Playdough

Microwave Halloween Playdough

15+ Fall Playdough Ideas

Cooking

Apple Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins

Easy Applesauce

Spider Counting Snack

Writing Table

Forest Animals Color Pages

Halloween Color Pages

Skills

Fine Motor

Hammering Pumpkins

Fall Fine Motor Activities

Spider Scissor Practice Cards

Forest Animal Fine Motor Strips

Gross Motor

Apple Tree Large Motor Activity (Teaching Mama)

Ring Around the Pumpkin (Sunny Day Family)

Literacy

Apple Letter Stamping (Growing Book by Book)

Pumpkin Writing Tray (No Time for Flashcards)

Pumpkin Seed Name Activity (Fun-a-Day)

Counting

How Many Apples?

Apple Math Sorting (and Graphing) Activity

Apple Counting (with Free Printable)

Apple Counting Activities

Pumpkin Seed Counting

Spider Counting Cards

Owl Counting Activity

Farm Count & Clip Activity

Farm Animal Counting Puzzles

Colors

Pumpkin Magnets Color Sorting

Owl Color Recognition Activity

Bat Color Matching Activity

Free Printables

50+ Free Fall Printables

Favorite Fall Collections

A Week’s Worth of Apple Activities

Amazing Collection of Apple Theme Activities

A Week’s Worth of Pumpkin Activities

Huge Collection of Pumpkin Activities

50+ Hands-On Farm Activities

Easy Fall Activities

25+ Fall Painting Activities

30 Fall Activities for Toddlers

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🍎 Fall Activity Plans 🍎

I’ve teamed up with other early childhood teachers and homeschoolers to put together these hands-on fall activity plans for toddlers and preschoolers!

Easy to follow activities that include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

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