🍂✨ Fall is here — and that means it’s the perfect time to add some seasonal fun to your centres! ✨🍂

As the seasons change, I love bringing a bit of seasonal magic into the classroom. These fine motor, literacy, and math centres are designed to be hands-on, engaging, and low-prep, so your students can practice important beginning of the year Kindergarten skills while having fun with autumn themes!

From cutting and tracing to letter recognition, counting, and sorting, these centres are packed with activities that build independence, strengthen foundational skills, and keep little learners excited about learning. Scroll through and grab an idea or two to make your fall centers for Kindergarten both purposeful and playful. 🍁✂️🔢

1. Fall Themed Pre-Writing Printables

Most of your JKs (and even some SKs!) will need extra practice with pre-writing strokes before moving on to full letter formation. These simple but engaging activities give students the fine motor practice they need in a fun, seasonal way.

✨ Activity 1: Falling Leaves
In the first set, students use a dry erase marker to trace the path of the leaf “falling off the tree.” It’s a playful way to work on curved, zig-zag, and wavy lines while strengthening pencil control.

✨ Activity 2: Beginning Sounds + Tracing
In the second set, students read the letter, say the sound, and then trace the path to connect the letter with a matching picture (like “A” to apple 🍎). This combines phonemic awareness with fine motor practice in one simple activity.

Find activity #1 and #2 plus all of the other printables (that are not freebies) in this blog post here: Kindergarten Fall Centres: Literacy, Math, Fine Motor & More!

✨ Activity 3: FREE Pre-Writing Strips!
The third set is a FREEBIE! Students can trace different shapes and lines to build fine motor strength and handwriting readiness. Simply print, laminate, and add dry erase markers for an easy, reusable centre.

👉 Grab your free copy by opting in to my mailing list here and I’ll send it straight to your inbox!

2. ✂️ Fall Themed Cutting Tray

Another important skill for Kindergarteners to practice is scissor skills! Many students are excited to use scissors, but they often lack the precision needed for smooth, controlled cutting.

This centre gives them a fun way to strengthen those skills. By offering a variety of shapes and line types (straight, curved, zig-zag, etc.), students get to practice cutting with increasing accuracy while building hand strength and coordination.

🌈 Teacher Tip: Try copying these strips onto coloured construction paper for a seasonal twist that makes the activity even more engaging!

This low-prep tray is always a hit in the classroom and pairs perfectly with your other fine motor centres for fall. 🍂

3. 🍪 Cut & Paste a Tray of Fall Cookies

Who doesn’t love cookies in the fall? (Or any time of the year, let’s be honest😜) This centre invites students to pretend they’re “baking” cookies while practicing essential fine motor skills.

Students cut the cookies apart, colour them if they’d like, and then paste them onto their tray. This activity is not only fun and imaginative, but it also gives them meaningful practice with everyday classroom tools like pencils, crayons, scissors, and glue sticks.

It’s the perfect blend of seasonal fun + skill practice, and your students will love showing off their finished trays of cookies!

4. 🔠 Fall Themed Uppercase & Lowercase Tracing

In Kindergarten, most students need ongoing practice with letter formation all year long. These fall-themed tracing mats give them the chance to work on both uppercase and lowercase letters in a fun, seasonal way.

The format is the same as my other popular season & holiday tracing mats (Halloween, Winter, Christmas, etc.), so you can easily swap them out or add them to your writing centre or dry erase centre to keep things fresh and engaging.

Just print, laminate, and pair with dry erase markers for a low-prep, reusable centre that students can return to again and again. 🍂✏️

5. 🍎 Fall Words Chart + Mini Book

My students always love using word charts and mini books, so I make them for every holiday and season — and fall is no exception!

The Fall Word Chart is perfect to set out with blank paper or the dry erase boards. Students can use it as a reference to:
✏️ Draw and label pictures
📖 Write simple sentences
📝 Create their own stories using seasonal vocabulary

To extend the learning, I also include the Fall Mini Book, which comes in three levels so it’s easy to differentiate for your students’ needs. Whether they’re tracing words, tracing and printing or printing independently, every child can engage at their own level.

This activity is a simple way to boost vocabulary, writing confidence, and seasonal excitement in your literacy centres! 🍂

6. Snap Cube Build & Trace { FREEBIE }

Snap cubes are always a favourite in Kindergarten, and they’re perfect for building the finger strength and coordination needed for writing!

For this activity, simply set out the laminated fall-themed snap cube mats along with a bin of cubes. Students:

1. Build the fall picture using the snap cubes (apple, corn, acorn, etc.).
2. Trace the matching word at the bottom of the mat with a dry erase marker for extra printing practice.

This centre combines fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and early literacy all in one hands-on activity. Plus, it’s easy to prep and can be reused year after year. 🍂

Want to try this popular centre for FREE? Click here or on the button below to download it from my Google Drive!

7. Pattern Block Build & Trace

By popular request, I’ve added a pattern block version of the Build & Trace mats! Just like the snap cube activities, these combine fine motor practice, spatial reasoning, and literacy in one hands-on centre.

Students use pattern blocks to build the fall-themed picture (acorn, squirrel, fox, pumpkin, etc.), and then trace the matching word at the bottom of the mat.

This is a simple, low-prep way to bring seasonal fun into your math or literacy centres while reinforcing shape recognition, problem-solving, and letter formation at the same time. 🍂

8. Build and Read/Dab and Read: Letter Formation Mats

These letter formation mats are a versatile way to give students repeated practice with both uppercase and lowercase letters.

You can use them in different ways depending on what materials you have on hand:

• 🍂 Build & Read: Swap in small manipulatives like mini erasers, snap cubes, or seasonal loose parts (leaves, acorns, pom-poms) for a fun fine motor twist. The mini pumpkins and leaves in this photo are from Dollarama!
• 🎨 Dab & Read: Students use dot markers to fill in each circle while saying the letter name and sound.

Each mat also includes a decodable sentence to help learners connect the letter to the letter sound, supporting both pre-readers and early writers alike.

9. Beginning Sound Match Up (Letter Manipulatives or Stamps)

This Beginning Sound Match Up is a hands-on way to build phonemic awareness while keeping things playful and seasonal.

Students look at the fall-themed picture and then match it with its beginning sound using letter manipulatives or stamps. For example, “apple” with a, “leaf” with l, and so on.

You can differentiate this activity easily:

• 🔠 Use magnetic or plastic letter manipulatives for tactile, hands-on matching.
• 🖊️ Provide letter stamps for students to practice identifying and recording sounds.

This centre builds confidence in early literacy skills while reinforcing both letter recognition and sound-symbol connections — a foundation for strong readers! 🍂

10. Roll, Say, Find & Trace/Cover

This is one of a favourite interactive literacy centres because it’s so engaging and versatile!

Students roll the letter or word dice, say the letter or word aloud, then find it on their board.

Depending on the version you choose, they can either:

• ✏️ Trace the letter/word with a dry erase marker
• 🟩 Cover it with a manipulative (like cubes, counters, or mini-erasers)

I love using two seasonal sets:
🍎 Apple version → great for practicing letters and sounds
🎃 Pumpkin version → perfect for heart words

This game keeps students active and focused while reinforcing letter recognition, phonics, and high-frequency word fluency in a playful way.

11. Tracing Numbers

In Kindergarten, students need lots of practice with number formation to build both math and fine motor foundations. These fall-themed tracing mats make that practice fun and engaging!

Students use a dry erase marker to trace numbers 1–10, strengthening pencil control while also reinforcing correct number formation. The seasonal images (like apple trees 🍎) add an extra layer of excitement and keep the activity fresh for fall.

This is a quick, low-prep centre that can be used for:

• ✏️ An option during free flow math centres
• 🧮 Small group warm-ups

Plus, you can reuse them year after year once it’s laminated!

12. 🥧 Apple Pie Recipe Sensory Bin

Nothing says fall quite like apple pie — and this sensory bin brings that cozy theme into the classroom while sneaking in some counting and fine motor practice!

Fill your bin with oats, pom-poms (apples), white snap cubes (sugar), cinnamon sticks, and pie tins. Students pick a recipe card and then follow the directions to “bake” their apple pie by counting out the right ingredients.

This centre is fantastic for:

• 🔢 Practicing one-to-one correspondence and counting
• ✋ Strengthening fine motor skills with tweezers and scoops
• 🎉 Encouraging imaginative play while reinforcing math concepts

This one is a fall favourite every year!

13. Apple Tree Number Mats

These Apple Tree Number Mats are a fun way to combine number recognition, counting, and fine motor play all in one activity.

Students identify the number, trace it with a dry erase marker, and then build that many apples on the tree using playdough balls, mini-erasers, pom-poms, snap cubes or any other small red manipulative you have handy!

This activity helps students practice:

• 🔢 Number recognition and formation
• ✋ One-to-one correspondence
• 💪 Fine motor strength and coordination

It’s super versatile — perfect for math centres and even as a 1:1 correspondence assessment!

14. 2D Shape Pumpkin Toss & Trace

This activity is always a hit because it gets kids moving and learning at the same time!

To play, students toss a pom-pom onto a plate or mat with a pumpkin shape on it.

Then, they:

1. Name the shape they landed on
2. Trace the matching shape on their recording sheet

This centre combines:

• 🔷 Shape recognition (circle, square, triangle, hexagon, etc.)
• ✏️ Fine motor practice through tracing
• 🎯 Gross motor coordination with the tossing element

It’s a fun way to bring math and movement together in your fall centres!

15. 🌳 Fall Trees Bead Sorting

This centre is perfect for combining sorting, fine motor practice, and colour recognition in a hands-on way.

Students pick beads and thread them onto the pipe cleaners, matching each bead to the correct fall tree colour (green, yellow, orange, brown, etc.).

Skills practiced:

• 🌈 Sorting by colour
• ✋ Fine motor strength through beading and threading
• 👀 Hand-eye coordination

This activity is simple to set up, calming for students to work on, and a great seasonal addition to your fine motor or math centres. 🍂

16. 🍂 My Fall Patterning Mini Book

Patterning is such an important early math skill, and this Fall Patterning Mini Book makes practice fun and interactive!

Students colour or cut and paste to complete different types of fall-themed patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC). Each page gives them hands-on practice while reinforcing creating and extending simple repeating patterns.

Skills practiced:

• 🔢 Creating and extending patterns
• ✂️ Fine motor skills through colouring, cutting and gluing

The mini book format keeps everything neat in one place, and students love taking their finished books home to show their families. It’s a simple, engaging way to build a strong foundation for math success!

🍁 Fall Centres Made Easy

I hope you were able to find something in this blog post to help you bring engaging and developmentally appropriate fall fun into your classroom!

Want the printables for the centres shown in this post? You can find them all in my Kindergarten Fall Centres: Literacy, Math, Fine Motor & More! pack!

From tracing letters and numbers, to building with snap cubes, to “baking” pretend apple pies in the sensory bin, each centre is designed to help your students practice foundational skills while having fun. Best of all, many of these activities are low-prep, reusable (see my storage and organization tips here), and easy to differentiate for different ability levels in your class.

🍂 Whether you’re looking to refresh your literacy stations, add new ideas to your math tubs, or build more fine motor practice into your day, these centres will keep your students excited and engaged all season long.

✨ Grab the Freebies!
Don’t forget — you can grab my Fall Pre-Writing Strips Freebie by opting in here and the Fall Snap Cube Build & Trace Freebie under activity #6 right in this post. It’s the perfect way to try out two of these fall activities with your students right away!

Wishing you a cozy, fun-filled fall in your classroom! 🍎🎃🌻