Me too.

Teachers: “Okay, everyone, it’s time to complete an addition worksheet!” Immediately, the entire class groans.

Let’s face it: math worksheets are often NOT fun at all.

Unless we can add another element by incorporating a hands-on activity.

Which is why I’m excited to share these fun fall color by addition worksheets today!

These are a wonderful way to help students practice adding sums up to 20 while giving them a fun artistic component.

Plus, they’re no prep, which means less time spent on planning. Woohoo!

Even better, I’m sharing these absolutely FREE for my email subscribers!

Keep reading to see how to get your copy.

And, for more ways to add a fall theme into your math lessons, try my Spanish Acorn Counting to 10 Digital Activity!

Autumn Addition! Fall Color by Addition Worksheets

To use these printable fall color by addition worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Crayons or colored pencils

This product includes five different fall-themed color by addition printables.

Since each page includes addition problems with sums up to 20, this is best suited for first and second grade students.

As students examine each addition problem, they can use the color code at the bottom to fill in each picture.

A color answer key is also included for easy grading!

This would make an excellent resource for math centers!

Or you could hand it out to students for in-class work or send it home to use as homework or for distance learning.

Get a look at this product in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get your set of these Autumn Addition worksheets – free!

Try more fun fall learning ideas for kids!

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I love summer, but fall is a close runner-up for my favorite time of year.

The leaves change colors, the weather gets cool, plus we get to start baking and knitting!

So I thought I’d share a set of printable leaf identification flashcards!

These are perfect for fall learning, but you can really use them anytime of the year.

They’d also be great for a spring unit, since that’s when plants begin to flower again.

I am woefully ignorant about plant species, so I learned quite a bit by making these.

I hope you and your students enjoy them as well!

Plus, keep reading to see how to get a set of expanded leaf identification activity cards for your class too!

Be sure to check out our other fall printables, including our Fall Sight Word Flashcards and our Fall Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards: Leaf Identification Flashcards Set?

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (great for reusing the cards)

In this pack, you’ll find printable flashcards for eight different leaves, including:

• Ash
• Oak
• Maple
• Ivy
• Fern
• Birch
• Grape
• And Ficus

One set includes both the leaf pictures and names, while a second set features the leaf names only.

Another set includes just the pictures if you’d like to do a review or a matching game.

Scroll down to get your free printable leaf identification flashcards!

Printable Leaf Identification Activity Cards

Want to turn this lesson into a reusable activity for science centers?

Pick up the expanded version of these leaf identification cards!

This set of leaf identification flashcards includes 12 different plant species!

In addition to the leaf vector drawing cards, this set includes realistic plant pictures to use on a nature walk.

This set also includes two sets of plant species labels for kids to match up with the unlabeled pictures.

Use these at science centers by placing each set of flashcards on a separate ring.

After students review the labeled cards, let them practice matching up the names with the right leaf picture cards on their own!

To get the expanded set of Leaf Identification Activity Cards, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

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Fall Leaves Books and Crafts

Make your leaf learning into a full unit study by pairing our printable Leaf Identification Cards with these books and crafts about fall leaves!

Books about Fall Leaves:

1. Leaves, Leaves, Leaves by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
2. Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
3. A Leaf Can Be… by Laura Purdie Salas
4. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

Fall Leaves Activities:

1. Fall Leaf Suncatchers – Fun at Home with Kids
2. Autumn Leaf Threading – Picklebums
3. Fall Leaf Fingerpainting – Teach Preschool
4. Fall Leaf Garland – Look! We’re Learning!

Check out some of our other fall learning ideas!

To get your set of printable leaf identification flashcards, click the image or the link below to have them sent directly to your inbox!

You’ll also get our weekly newsletter – coming this Sunday!

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The air is getting warmer and we’ve started noticing flocks of birds flying in a “V” formation around our town. Even Piglet shouts “All those birds, Mama!” when she sees them.

They’re returning here after the winter. Soon we’ll be hearing them sing in the mornings again!

So I thought our next set of printable flashcards should be a set of bird identification flashcards!

These are so simple for a spring science activity. They’re also a wonderful fit for a fall unit, particularly if you’re studying migration.

Read on to see how to get your set. And, for more about our feathered friends, don’t miss our list of beautiful children’s books about birds!

Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

To use these printable bird identification flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (if you want the flashcards to last for a while)

In this set of flashcards, you’ll find identification cards for 12 different kinds of birds, including:

• Sea Gull
• Finch
• Osprey
• Toucan
• Pigeon
• Hoopoe
• Cardinal
• Owl
• Hummingbird
• Puffin
• Pelican
• And Quail!

Let the kids try guessing which animals match up with the species you see in your neighborhood!

How to Use Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

One of the simplest ways to use these bird species identification cards is to memorize birds by their pictures and then quiz students as a review.

Since one set of the cards has pictures of the birds only, make the picture cards into a “Guess Who?” game!

These would also be wonderful for a spring or fall nature walk!

Use a hole puncher to put a hole in the top left corner of each card and place all of them on a ring.

Then take the flashcards with you as the kids try to see how many species they can spot in your area!

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable Bird Identification Flashcards!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas for kids!

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For us down here in the Deep South, that usually means high temperatures in the mid-80s. But I’ll take that over the high 90s anyday!

While the temperatures don’t drop too much, we do sense that the air is drier and cooler, which is a huge relief after a sweltering summer. 

So I thought it was a great time to share this printable fall memory game so that the kids can start getting ready for autumn…when it finally shows up here.

This is such an easy, low-prep activity! You just print the product, cut out the cards, and you’re good to go. Plus, it would make a fantastic busy bag.

Read on to see how to get your copy free! And, for more fall fun with early learners, take a look at our printable Apple Counting to Ten Puzzles!

Printable Fall Memory Game for Kids

To use this printable fall memory game for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Cardstock
• Laminator (optional)
• Scissors

This simple fall game features two pages of fall-themed picture cards with words. There are 12 different images with two cards each.

To add a little color to this game, print your cards on patterned cardstock.

The cards hold up better when printed on cardstock and the pattern makes it difficult to see through the back of the cards when they’re placed face down too.

Let the kids place these on the table and then race to see who can collect the most matches first!

Scroll down to get your printable fall memory game for kids!

Take a look at these other fall ideas for young ones!

Follow my Fall Activities for Kids board on Pinterest for even more autumn-themed fun!

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Our youngest learner has always wanted to jump ahead to what she called “big stuff”. She’s a self-motivated child and she loves working on resources on her own.

In the early years, though, it’s important to keep learning as fun as possible.

Which is why this list of fun preschool matching worksheets is perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners!

There are several themes here, so you can use one of these resources at almost any time of the year.

And you can make them into reusable activities in just a few steps!

Read on to get the full list. Be sure to check out our list of engaging apple books for preschoolers while you’re here!

How to Use Preschool Matching Worksheets

These are no-prep resources, so you can truly just print them and go.

If you use these matching worksheets as a one-time lesson, you’ll only need a few items: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils
• Laminator (optional)
• Dry erase markers (optional)

Each of these preschool resources contains instructions and an answer key.

Just print them out, read the instructions together, and off they go!

If you want to reuse any of these at centers, simply laminate the pages and let students complete them with dry erase markers. Wipe clean and they’re ready to go again the next day.

Check out the full list below.

If you choose one of these, I’d love to know which one your students liked the best!

Preschool Matching Worksheets for Early Learners

These are a few early learning resources that can help preschoolers and kindergartners practice matching up similar objects!

Each set of worksheets features a different theme that you can use year round!

Plus, you can also use these printables to introduce or reinforce new skills, including counting to ten, spelling with sign language, and recognizing ordinal numbers!

Turn any of these worksheets into math or literacy center activities by laminating the pages and letting students use them with dry erase markers!

Snowflake Preschool Matching Worksheets

Learn about recognizing similar objects during winter with these snowflake matching worksheets!

Since the snowflakes are similar at first glance, this is a good resource for early learners who have practiced recognizing similar objects before.

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Pumpkin Preschool Ordinal Number Worksheets

Learn how to count with ordinal numbers and practice matching skills with these pumpkin-themed worksheets!

A lesson is included to explain how to count with ordinal numbers. Then students can practice matching up each pumpkin with the correct ordinal number place.

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Cookie Counting to Ten Worksheets for Preschool

Add counting to ten to a lesson on recognizing same and different with these cookie-themed matching worksheets!

Early learners can match up the same cookies based on the number of chocolate chips on each one.

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ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets

Get a head start on early literacy with these sign language fingerspelling weather worksheets!

Students will learn how to form the letters to spell each weather word. Then they can practice matching the correct ASL spelling word with the English weather word!

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Did you like this list of preschool resources? Don’t miss our other early learning ideas to try!

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It’s the middle of September and we’re nearing my favorite time of the year: fall! Which gave me a perfect excuse to share some of my favorite free fall printables for kids!

We’ll be using several fall themes for unit studies with our kids in the upcoming weeks, including leaves, farms, harvest, and apples.

If you’d like to learn about autumn with your children, you might like to look through the list of over 50 free fall learning printables for kids below!

By the way, if you’re ready to stock up on printables for other seasons of the year, don’t miss our roundups of free spring printables for kids, free summer printables for kids, and free winter printables for kids!

50+ Free Fall Printables for Kids

In the following list, you’ll find all kinds of fall printables for kids, including autumn printables, math worksheets, apple activities, scarecrow printables, lapbooks, and more!

If you get a chance to try some of them this year, I’d love to know which ones your children loved the most!

Farm Do-A-Dot Shape Mats – Look! We’re Learning!

Scarecrow Kindergarten Worksheets – Kindergarten Worksheets and Games

Fall Coloring Pages – Kids Activities Blog

Football Printable Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Fall Color Sorting Printable – The Outlaw Mom

The Apple Pie Tree Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Fall Word Problems Printable – Royal Baloo

Fall Math for Preschoolers Packet – Teaching Mama

PreK/K Fall Pack – This Reading Mama

Apple Harvest Scissor Skills Printables – Look! We’re Learning!

Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets – Picklebums

Apple Activities Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Apple Counting Preschool Pack – The Measured Mom

Fall Scavenger Hunt Printable – Hands On as We Grow

Apple Math Printables – Embark On the Journey

Fall Leaves Matching Game – Mama Miss

Harvest I-Spy Beginning Sounds Activity – Pre-K Pages

Fall Fun Nature Hunt Printable – The Chirping Moms

Apple Pattern Printables – Life Over C’s

Fall Lapbook – Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Fall Reading Pack – Kids Activities Blog

Apple Counting Cards – Every Star is Different

Harvest Letter Printables – The Preschool Toolbox

Fall Bingo Game – Wise Owl Factory

Fall Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

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Are you in the fall mood yet?

We had our first actual cool weather day here yesterday and it was wonderful.

I put on my favorite sweater, walked out the door, and enjoyed a hot coffee. Of course, we’ll have highs in the 80s again later this week, but for those few minutes, it really felt like fall had arrived.

Fall is a great time to focus on building sight word skills with students.

If you’re working on sight words this year, these fall sight words flashcards are a fun way to strengthen reading skills and get into the fall spirit!

Keep reading to see how to get your copy.

By the way, be sure to take a look at our Fall Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats too!

Printable Fall Sight Words Flashcards

To use these fall sight words flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are listed below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (if you want to reuse them later)
• Hook and loop adhesive coins (optional)
• Dry erase markers (optional)

These flashcards are perfect for kids who are working on sight word skills, whether they’re toddlers or even first graders!

In this early literacy resource, you’ll find flashcards for the following fall-themed sight words:

• Apple
• Bear
• Cat
• Cow
• Farm
• School
• Night
• And School!

There’s also a blank set of cards without the words so that kids can practice identifying each picture.

A set of cards with just the words is also included to help students learn to recognize the words alone.

There’s also a set of cards with the words only to practice recognizing the words on their own.

How to Use the Fall Sight Words Flashcards with Students

There are several ways to use these fall noun sight words learning cards in the classroom.

Cut apart the picture cards and let students practice identifying each item before introducing the written words.

Add in the written noun sight word flashcards and practice identifying each picture by reading the words.

Students who are ready to practice writing can use the blank word labels to write the sight word for each card.

You may wish to laminate the cards and hand out dry erase markers for the labeling activity.

Keep the flashcards nearby for students to check their work at centers or in morning tubs.

You can even add hook and loop adhesive coins to turn the matching activities into reusable practice at centers.

For even more fall fun, check out the following kids’ books about fall as well as some fun fall crafts and activities for children!

Kids’ Books about Fall

1. Hooray for Fall! by Kazuo Iwamuara

2. Fall (The Seasons) by Nuria Roca

3. Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson

4. I See Fall by Charles Ghigna

Kids’ Fall Crafts and Activities

1. Fall Playdough Recipe – Learn Play Imagine

2. 50 Free Fall Printables – Look! We’re Learning!

3. Fall Button Tree Quiet Bin – Hands On As We Grow

4. Leaf Stamping Fall Tree Craft – Crafty Morning

5. Fall Snow Globe Craft – Look! We’re Learning!

Get even more ideas for learning about fall below!

To get your copy of our Fall Sight Words Flashcards, pick up our Seasons of Sight Seasonal Sight Word Learning Cards set!

The fall sight words learning cards are inside, plus noun sight word practice for spring, summer, and winter too!

Watch the video to get a look at this resource in full!

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The air is cooler and the leaves in our neighborhood are just starting to turn colors.

Down here in the South, the warm weather keeps the leaves from changing colors completely until about November, but we’ll take what we can get for now.

We’re welcoming the autumn season with our All About Leaves Printable Pack for fall!

If you love this set (and I hope you do!), be sure to check out our list of 50 Fall Printables for Kids!

By the way, if you’ve been following our site for some time, you may already know that we have a printable pack for each season.

For winter, we have All About Snowflakes. For spring, we have All About Flowers. For summer, we have All About Beaches.

Stop by to see them all!

All About Leaves Printable Pack

To use this leaves printable unit study, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Colored pencils or crayons
• Pencils
• Laminator (helpful if you want to reuse the leaf identification flashcards)

In “All About Leaves”, you’ll find 30 pages of activities for grades K-2!

There’s a printable activity explaining why leaves change color in the fall.

Plus a quiz to test kids’ knowledge afterward!

Learn about types of trees and which ones lose leaves in the autumn.

Kids can practice art and math with this fun leaf symmetry activity!

There are several fall leaf coloring pages inside.

Plus, our Leaf Identification Flashcards, as well as a full answer key.

If you love fall and you’re studying it with your kids this year, All About Leaves is a fun way to discuss autumn leaves with elementary-aged students!

Scroll down to get your copy of All About Leaves Printable Pack!

Kids’ Books about Leaves:

Planning to read about fall leaves with your kids? Try these super cute kids’ books about leaves!

1. Leaves Fall Down: Learning about Autumn Leaves by Lisa Bullard
2. Leaves by David Ezra Stein
3. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! by Lucille Colandro
4. Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

Want even more leaf learning fun? Check out my other fall leaf-themed posts!

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I love sharing fall printables whenever I can, so I thought I’d share a list of fun and free fall printables for preschoolers that you and your PreK learner can work on together! There are printable activities, coloring pages, crafts, and more – all of which are perfect for welcoming autumn!

If you love these fall printables, don’t miss my Apple Tree Counting Mat for Preschoolers or our Fall Sight Word Flashcards!

25 Free Fall Printables for Preschoolers

1. Leaf Identification Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Printable Fall Gross Movement Game – Gift of Curiosity

3. Fall Preschool Song Printable – No Time for Flashcards

4. Nighttime Scavenger Hunt Printable – Edventures with Kids

5. Fall Tree ABC Match Printable – I Heart Crafty Things

6. Fall Preschool Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

7. Fall PreK Learning Pack – Totschooling

8. Fall Printable Activity Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

9. Fall PreK Pack – This Reading Mama

10. Fall Clothes Dress Up Printable – Teaching Mama

11. Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets – Picklebums

12. Fall Roll and Color Math Printable – Fantastic Fun and Learning

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One of Pooh’s objectives this year is to learn to work with arrays.

When I was in school, we weren’t using arrays. We were memorizing addition and multiplication facts back then.

Now, though, arrays are an important (and helpful) way to understand adding and multiplying.

So I put together a math product: Apple Arrays! – A fun, apple-themed way to have array practice for second grade!

By the way, be sure to check out our Apple Orchard Playdough Counting Mat for your toddlers and preschoolers!

Need to practice visual discrimination? Don’t miss our Apple Alike! Same or Different Worksheets!

Apple Array Practice for Second Grade

To use these printables, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils

This product includes 16 worksheets that include both addition and multiplication for numbers 1-5.

If your students are still working on addition fluency, the first ten worksheets are all about adding numbers 1-5.

A full answer key is provided, so the kids can check their work.

This is a great activity for practicing addition facts.

But if your students are ready for a quick introduction to multiplication, the last six worksheets are perfect for showing them the relationship between adding and the times tables!

How to Use Apple Array Practice for Second Grade

I have to admit that when Pooh saw that there were multiplication problems on the sheet, his reaction was “TIMES TABLES????”

It was a dramatic moment, for sure.

But I used the first few pages to introduce him to using arrays with addition.

And then we talked about how addition with arrays is the same as multiplication.

This product focuses just on working with 5’s from 5+0 to 5+5+5, so you can use it to introduce times tables from 5×1 to 5×5.

The first set of pages contains apple arrays and written addition and multiplication problems.

Pooh and I looked at each row and column in the arrays to understand why we write those particular addition and multiplication equations to represent them.

Count out the number of apples in each row to find your first addend.

Then count the number of rows to find the second. Simple!

After he went through and solved the first set of problems, we used the second set of pages.

These pages have the apple arrays and addition/multiplication problems, but kids have to read the array correctly to fill in the addends/multiplicand/multiplier.

Which he did on his own!

He was so excited to grasp how to read arrays and relate them to multiplying that as soon as Jay came in the door, he said “Dad! I learned how to do times today!”

Another one of those homeschooling gifts I’m thrilled to share with them this year.

If you need more suggestions for teaching multiplication, try these tips!

To get your copy of Apple Array Practice for Second Grade, grab our 2nd Grade Learning Bundle! This bundle includes four learning printables designed to get your early elementary student off to a great year!

>>> 2nd Grade Learning Bundle <<<

Come along with the entire 2nd Grade Blogging Team for all of our Apple activities this week!

How to use an apple to explain basic fractions from Crafty Kids at Home

Apples Graphing Activity from Sallie Borrink Learning

Free Number Order Printable Apples from Life Over C’s

Preserve an apple from getting brown from Planet Smarty Pants

Apple Descriptions {adjectives} from School Time Snippets

Nouns and Verbs – Apple Theme from 123 Homeschool 4 Me

Black and White Apple Prints: A Lesson in Contrast from Creative Family Fun

Apple Toothpick Tower Challenge from Preschool Powol Packets

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