Pre-k Pack: Fall Leaves Colors
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Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 10
Coordinating Activities
Pre-K Pack: Fall Leaves Colors
- Fall leaf color matching cards
- Color word cards: green, yellow, brown, purple, red and orange
- Sentence building cards (“I see a red leaf.”)
- Color flip book to staple
- Spin and cover game
Every activity uses the same leaf colors, so kids practice the color words again and again.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink
- Laminator
- Paper cutter or scissors
- Stapler
- Paper fastener or paper clip and pencil for the spinner
- Small counters
- Crayons
Standards for Colors and Early Reading
This pack supports early learning standards connected to color words, sentences and matching.
Common Core State Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.A: Follow words from left to right, top to bottom and page by page. Kids build and read the sentence cards.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.C: Read common high-frequency words by sight. Kids read words like “I see a” and the color words.
Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
- PK4.III.E.1: Child can distinguish between elements of print including letters, words and pictures. Kids build sentences with word cards and pictures.
- PK4.II.D.1: Child understands and uses a wide variety of words to label and describe people, places, things and actions. Kids name each color picture.
Virginia Standards of Learning
- English K.FFR.3.H: Use letter-sound correspondences to read grade-level high-frequency words, including decodable and irregular words. Kids read the words in each sentence.
Pre-K Pack: Fall Leaves Colors gives preschool and kindergarten kids four hands-on ways to learn color words with fall leaves.
Kids match leaf colors, build sentences like “I see a red leaf,” make a color flip book and play spin and cover.
Use the pack during a fall or color unit. Go on a leaf hunt and match real leaves to the color cards.
How to Use Pre-K Pack: Fall Leaves Colors
- Print, laminate and cut apart the cards.
- Matching game: flip two cards and look for the same color.
- Sentence cards: build and read “I see a ___ leaf.”
- Flip book: staple and match each leaf to its color word.
- Spin and cover: spin a color and cover a matching leaf.
Nature Walk: Find leaves in each color.
Literacy Center: Set out the sentence cards and pictures.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Fall Colors Pack
Every group has a mix of early learning skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Start with 3 colors.
- Play the matching game face up.
- Read the sentence together.
- Use real leaves.
For On-Level Practice:
- Do all four activities.
- Read each color word.
- Build and read sentences.
- Play with a partner.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Write your own color sentence.
- Play the matching game face down.
- Sort real leaves by color.
- Graph leaf colors.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Name each picture together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Use real objects next to the cards.
- Repeat the same activity across several days.
Pre-K Pack: Fall Leaves Colors Is Perfect For:
- Preschool and pre-K
- Kindergarten
- Fall themes
- Color units
- Literacy centers
- Small-group instruction
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
