Autumn is a season with many possibilities for family activities. Nature is dyed in orange and brown colors, temperatures are less hot and the light that illuminates the environment offers us a very romantic feeling.
In this season, nature offers a multitude of surprising details. We can take advantage of the fall of the leaves, their different shapes, sizes and colors, the seasonal fruits or the rains so that children learn while playing and experimenting.
Activities to enjoy autumn with the family
A walk through the countryside
In autumn, nature offers a range of magical colors. Ochres, greens and oranges are mixed. The leaves begin to fall and the landscape changes from week to week. Take the opportunity to explain to your children seasonal cycles, why the landscape changes. Enjoy a picnic outside or just go for a walk.
Collect dry leaves
A walk through the countryside, the city or the way back from school, can be a great opportunity to collect leaves of different types, see which trees they belong to, the differences between them. Once at home you can classify the leaves by shapes, colors or sizes. You can also do some crafts with them.
Collect fruits
Autumn is the time for chestnuts, walnuts and pine nuts. Take the opportunity to go to the countryside and look for pine, chestnut or walnut trees. It is an excellent opportunity to discover where the fruits come from, and to identify the trees from which they come.
Enjoy the rain, mud and puddles
In autumn, even if it rains, it still makes a pleasant temperature to go outside. Prepare your child with everything they need and allow him to enjoy the experience of playing in the rain, mud and puddles.
Create a fall corner or table
In some common place in the house you can put the collected treasures, teaching materials, books, drawings or anything that you think can serve help children to position themselves and understand the season in which we are.
Cooking recipes with seasonal foods
Autumn offers a multitude of foods with which to prepare delicious seasonal recipes. You can start by going to the market together and teaching the children which are the fruits and vegetables typical of the season. You can also take advantage of the fruits that you have collected from your country walks. Children will love to be participants in the preparation of family meals.
Celebrate traditional festivals
In autumn there are many parties and traditions to celebrate. End of harvest, chestnut, samhain or Halloween. You can choose the ones you like the most and prepare decorations, typical foods or costumes according to each of them.
Autumn treasure hunt
The idea is to come up with a list of treasures to find in the middle of nature, giving the child freedom of movement so that be he himself who is discovering each thing to look for. In this way you will be encouraging him to touch, smell, experiment, identify and sharpen his wit.
Crafts
Color pictures related to the season, use the treasures found to create works of art or decorate the house with them, create garlands of leaves and fruits, decorate windows. The possibilities are as many as your imagination dictates.
I hope that with this small compilation of ideas you have where to start. Surely you can think of many more. The important thing is that you enjoy autumn with your family and Make the most of this special season.