I made a few fall themed tic-tac-toe games using materials that I purchased from the craft store.  They were very quick and easy to make and the children love them.

I used fall colored felt and cut the pieces into squares.  I also used round 1 1/2 inch flat wood circles ... leaf stickers ... paint ... and ribbon.

I measured and cut four pieces of ribbon and hot glued those on to the felt square make the nine divided sections. For a couple of the tic-tac-toe games I attached the leaf stickers on to the wood circles and for other games I painted the wood circles.

I made twelve game pieces total for each game so each player would have six pieces.  The games were inexpensive to make with the most cost going to the wood circles and stickers.

The glitter leaf stickers came in a big bag with various size leaves and I compared the size of the leaves to the size of the wood circles to make sure they would fit. 

I made a pattern match for visual discrimination as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

The set comes with twenty four different patterns and you will need to make two copies of each sheet. I did include some halloween themed patterns but the choice is yours as to which patterns you use in your early learning environment.  I have also included blank circles in case you wanted to draw and color your own patterns.

In this activity the children find the circles with the same patterns and clip them together with clothespins.  Play continues until all patterns have been matched.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a fall shape sort.

For our fall leaves theme I made a leaf ten frames which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I put the leaf cards in a basket along with pom poms that had self-adhesive magnets attached to the bottom of them (they add weight and prevent the pom oms from moving around).  We also like to use playdough balls with ten frames but you can use what you would like for the counters.  I have included counter circles with the patterns that you can put on the frames.

In this activity the children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames.  You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10.  The set comes with numbers 1-20.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a fall leaf basket match.

I made some chicka chicka boom boom number cover-ups which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper cut them out and laminated them.

I set the number cards out along with the cover-up pieces in our math center.  You can you use clothepins if you want to turn them into a match and clip activity which is also great for fine motor.

In this activity the children pick a number card and cover-up the same number that is on the tree.  Play continues until all cards have been covered (or clipped).

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the chicka chicka boom boom letter cover-ups.

It's apples week and I made an apple color and pattern puzzles. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... laminated them and then cut them along the dashed lines to make two halves.

I made the apple puzzles with twelve solid colors and eighteen pattern puzzles. I really love these puzzles for visual discrimination skills as well as color identification.

In this activity the children find the two matching halves and put them together to form an apple.  Play continues until all apple halves have been matched.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the apple shape match.