It is believed that autumn is a dreary time of year, but just look at this magical transformation of nature, bright colors and freshness. This is an extraordinary and wonderful time of year! Children know how to enjoy this period no less than others. Even taking into account the fact that you need to go to school or kindergarten again. When August ends, and the breath of autumn is already felt more and more strongly, it’s time to tell your children about autumn, about this delightful time of year in more detail.
About other seasons and months of the annual cycle in the section “About the seasons for children.”
Metamorphoses of nature in autumn
Observing nature in autumn brings vivid impressions. The hot summer is replaced by a cool and rainy autumn. It can already be felt in everything. Nature has made sure that everyone can see and feel the changes taking place around them.
How the weather changes in autumn
Gradually, the air temperature begins to fall, the days become shorter, and the nights become longer and colder. The sun no longer shines as brightly and does not rise high in the sky as in summer. Often the sky is covered with black clouds and heavy rains fall. In the morning you can see a white haze - this is fog.
The leaves begin to fall, the wind tears leaves from the trees, which cover the ground with a bright carpet. The short “Indian summer” consists of several sunny and warmest days, which seem to remind us of summer.
Frosts are possible at night by mid-autumn. At the end of autumn you can see the first crust of ice on puddles, the first snowflakes. A cold wind is blowing, and it’s about to start snowing.
How animals, birds and insects live in autumn
Of course, animals, birds and insects sense the approaching cold, so they begin to prepare for winter. Some are making supplies for the winter, others are building or insulating their homes. Mice, hamsters, rats, and moles store potatoes, nuts, beans, seeds and grains in their burrows. Squirrels hide mushrooms, nuts and cones in secluded places. Snakes, frogs, toads, snails, lizards hid in secluded places.
Many animals in the forest change their beautiful winter coats to a lighter, fluffier and warmer winter coat, so that they feel warm in the snow and no one can notice.
And some animals are active all year round; they are quite capable of finding food for themselves even in winter. For example, these are elk, fox, wolf and hare. Migratory birds fly south.
Some insects, for example, ladybugs and dragonflies, also travel to warmer climes. Bugs, midges and butterflies hide in the bark of trees, cracks and all kinds of crevices, ants fill up all their entrances to the anthill and begin to prepare for hibernation.
How plants grow
Plants, like the animal world, are preparing for winter. In early autumn, everything around turns golden, the leaves shimmer with bright colors, the leaves begin to fall - the wind tears the leaves off the trees and now on the ground you can see a carpet of bright autumn leaves.
The birch tree is the first to begin to shed its leaves, then the leaves of maple, linden, rowan, bird cherry, oak and other trees turn yellow. The leaves are painted in different colors, because the sun shines less and less often, the leaves do not have enough of it, and it becomes cool. Only coniferous trees that have thin needles instead of leaves remain green - pine, spruce, fir.
The grass has turned yellow and withered, and although chamomile, violet, and clover are still blooming here and there, in mid-autumn they will wither until next summer.
One of my favorite fairy tales, “The Adventures of an Oak Leaf,” eloquently speaks about autumn metamorphoses in the world of plants.
Features of human activity in autumn
In early autumn, harvesting in gardens, orchards and fields is still underway. They collect beets, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, and pumpkins. And with the help of special machines called a combine, the bread is harvested.
Poems about vegetables, berries and fruits
Riddles from the garden
After harvesting, it’s time to care for the soil with fertilizers that will help the soil recover for the next sowing. After fertilizing, the soil must be re-plowed so that it freezes in winter and prevents pests and weed seeds from growing.
Winter crops are also sown, for example, parsley, dill, carrots, wheat and golden rye. Garden trees and shrubs must be thoroughly watered so that the moisture helps them withstand frost. In the city at this time, you can plant young trees and shrubs, treat trunks for the winter from insects and hares.
With the arrival of autumn, children go back to school or kindergartens, a new school year begins, and parents return to the usual working rhythm of life. In the fall, everyone always warms up and puts on warm clothes so as not to catch a cold or get sick.
A little about sports in the fall
Autumn is a favorable time for sports. The carefree vacation time is already behind us, which means you can work and train properly.
In autumn, our body especially needs physical activity. When the sun hides, we feel sad, with the arrival of cold weather we feel tired and melancholy, and sport is an excellent cure for the autumn blues and boredom. Moreover, it is no longer so hot and there are many options for sports available.
We still have access to running in parks, roller skating, cycling, and exercise in the fresh air. It would be a good idea to sign up for a swimming pool - it strengthens the whole body and improves mood, especially since children simply adore water treatments. For unusual activities, we recommend horse riding. Firstly, for children this is one of the best therapies, positive emotions, walks in the fresh air and magnificent autumn nature. This, just like swimming, strengthens all muscle groups, improves the baby’s immunity and improves metabolism. Children are usually absolutely delighted with horses too!
Games
Educational games in a group facilitate the process of memorizing information. The following types of entertainment are suitable for children aged 4-5 years:
- What leaf is this? Print an image of leaves from rowan, oak, birch, maple, etc. Offer to quickly determine whether the leaves belong to shrubs or trees. The names need to be learned or spoken in advance.
- We collect the harvest. You will need toys of fruits, vegetables, baskets, mushrooms, etc. Place items on the floor. Line up the kids. Turn on the music and tell us what crops are harvested in the fall. Divide the students into 2 teams. On command, preschoolers must collect as much crops as possible into baskets. The winner is determined by counting the loot.
- Find differences. Children learn to compare and identify discrepancies. Attention, vigilance, and reaction speed develop.
- Come up with a name. Offer to look at a beautiful picture with an autumn forest, a house in the rain, a woman with a girl on a walk, etc. Give the task: come up with a title for the drawing and a short story based on the plot. The game develops speech, fantasy, and imagination.
- Let's create the composition “Autumn for Children” together. To do this, you will need illustrations depicting autumn trees, leaves, clouds, rain, etc., glue, and scissors. Prepare materials and distribute to children. Let them cut it out and paste it onto a blank album sheet. Each group will have their own vision of nature after summer.
On a note! To remember the signs of the autumn season, months and their sequence, use poems and riddles.
Autumn in fairy tales
Autumn itself is like a fairy tale. The trees are magically painted in different colors, the forest is illuminated with golden and crimson shades. How could one manage without good and instructive reading at this time of year?
Autumn tales help children learn better about what happens in the fall, how nature, flora and fauna change, and how everyone around them is preparing for the coming winter. We advise you to read the following fairy tales with your child:
- N. M. Gribachev’s fairy tale “Red Leaves” is about how animals in the forest prepared for winter.
- The fairy tale by K. D. Ushinsky “The Bee and the Flies” is about how the bees enjoyed one of the sunny autumn days.
- The fairy tale “Autumn on the Doorstep” by Nikolai Sladkov is also about how animals and birds welcome autumn and prepare for the winter cold.
- Vladimir Suteev’s fairy tale “The Apple” is about how forest dwellers fairly divided the autumn harvest.
Speaking about Suteev’s fairy tales, it’s hard not to remember your favorite cartoons based on his fairy tales:
- Fairy tale by K. V. Lukashevich “Autumn”.
- Fairy tale by I. S. Sokolov-Mikitov “Before Winter.”
- Fairy tales by Tatyana Domarenok “Autumn”, “Tired Rain” and “Golden Autumn in the Schoolyard”.
Wonderful fairy tales will introduce children to autumn in even more detail, and also teach kindness and justice. Read my fairy tales in the “Fairytale Kingdom” section.
Songs and poems about autumn
Poets have created an incredible number of beautiful poems dedicated to the bright and beautiful autumn. Poems for children by different authors are collected in the article “Autumn creativity of famous poets.”
A beautiful melody, coupled with rich text about autumn for children, awaits you in the article “Beautiful, kind, gentle music of autumn.”
Stories about autumn
Books by wonderful writers give eloquent answers about what to tell children about autumn. Among the great stories about autumn for children, we recommend reading the following stories, wrapped in a blanket, with tea or hot milk, on one of the stormy autumn days:
- E. Yu. Shim “Fives”. A short story about the beginning of the school year and the wish to study with straight A's.
- V. V. Bianchi “Forest newspaper. Autumn". The story of how autumn creeps up unnoticed and comes into its full rights.
- I. S. Sokolov-Mikitov “Forest in autumn.” This story tells how the forest changes with the onset of autumn.
- V.V. Zankov “Why do tree leaves change color and fall off in autumn?”
Tasks
Using a small set of pictures on the theme of autumn, you can come up with a lot of interesting educational tasks with children in kindergarten:
- Make up a story based on the picture or individual images of objects.
- Choose a synonym (antonym). Preschoolers are offered a picture. For colors, objects, weather conditions, you need to choose words that are opposite in meaning or similar.
- What clothes are suitable for autumn weather? Lay out images of summer and autumn wardrobes in front of the kids. Let him choose the right outfit for the walk.
- Place into boxes. Pictures of the image need to be downloaded, printed and cut out. Children 3-5 years old enjoy playing sorting.
- Connect objects with each other.
- Complete the puzzle. To prepare a picture from pieces, print any picture, stick it on cardboard and cut it.
Autumn in painting
Of course, autumn is the most colorful and vibrant period of the year. Autumn inspired not only many writers and poets to create their masterpieces with a lyrical touch of autumn, but also artists who could endlessly admire the landscapes and transfer their incredible emotions to paper.
We can see autumn in the paintings of many foreign and Russian outstanding artists, and the subjects surprise with their diversity. Somewhere we will see a gray rainy autumn day, and somewhere a sunny day in the middle of Indian summer. Nature in the paintings appears before us in all its glory, let's enjoy all its colors.
I. Levitan has autumn landscapes, this is “Golden Autumn”
"Autumn day Sokolniki"
"Autumn. Road in the village"
"Oak Grove. Autumn"
Be sure to show your child I. E. Repin’s picture “Autumn Bouquet”
and V. Polenov “Golden Autumn”
Also among the most famous works of art are the paintings by A. M. Gerasimovov “Gifts of Autumn”
S. Yu. Zhukovsky “Autumn. Veranda"
V. V. Meshkova “Golden Autumn in Karelia”
I. S. Ostroukhova “Golden Autumn”
I. Brodsky “Fallen Leaves”
and "Summer Garden in Autumn"
and V. E. Borisov-Musatov “Autumn Song”
To complete the theory, watch a cartoon with your children about the brightest and most beautiful time of the year:
How to conduct classes
Illustrations, colorful drawn or photographed images are used in kindergarten classes; if you show an object, the phenomenon in close proximity does not work. Pictures for children “Autumn” should be hung on stands and shown to children from the end of August, when there are almost no signs of the arrival of September-October on the street.
In thematic classes, you need to use the following types of work with preschoolers:
- Carefully examine images and photographs. Drawings are distributed to children on tables. If the lesson is conducted with children 3-4 years old, it is printed out large and shown to the children from the hands of the teacher.
- A short lecture. The teacher talks, the children listen. The lecture should not be boring; color it with epithets and images. Focus on the signs of autumn, late and early, color features of the season, weather conditions, and adults’ activities in harvesting. Children aged 5-7 years can be trusted to tell their own story using pictures. In this case, the teacher helps with leading questions.
- Discussion. The teacher needs to ask the children a few questions: What did you see? What time of year is this? Why did you decide so? Etc.
- Games and tasks with pictures. After discussing the topic “Autumn” and looking at the paintings, invite children to color the plot image, and for preschoolers 5-6 years old to create a composition with paints and pencils.
- Final lesson. Conduct it in the format of a creative workshop. It can take place in November, when children observe changes in nature already on a walk with their parents or group. Give older preschoolers the task of drawing autumn and telling about their impressions. Pupils of the younger group - make a craft from natural material together with their parents, memorize a short poem.
Autumn pictures for kindergarten children are a way to create strong connections between time, phenomenon, and nature. They need to be used not only directly, showing them to preschoolers, but also gradually. Set up a themed stand, hang illustrations and works of famous artists on the walls of the playroom, create a laptop with pictures on the theme of autumn for children and a mobile folder with your parents.
