Fall Feelings Activities For Kids

Are you a preschool, kindergarten, first-grade teacher or parent searching for ways to help your children recognize and express their feelings during fall? Or perhaps set the tone for a calmer, more connected classroom or home? You’re in luck!  In this post, I’m sharing fall feelings activities for kids, as well as some creative ideas and a ready-to-use printable resource that brings emotions, mindfulness, and seasonal fun together beautifully.

Why Teach Feelings In The Fall?

As parents and teachers, we know that kids experience big emotions – especially at the beginning of the school year when routines are still new and social skills are still developing.

Integrating feelings activities into your fall lesson plans will provide your kiddos with a safe, fun way to:

• Recognize and name their emotions

• Understand that others have feelings, too

• Learn coping strategies like mindful breathing

• Practice social skills through discussion and play

The best part?

It can all be done with a fun fall twist – leaves, apples, pumpkins, and more!

Fall Feelings Activity Ideas for Your Classroom

Here are some creative ways to help your students connect with their emotions while enjoying the magic of fall:

1. Apple Feelings Sort (Cut & Paste)

This hands-on activity is always a favorite!

Kids cut out different facial expressions and match them to apples. Each apple gets a face showing an emotion such as happy, sad, tired, angry, or scared.

This is a great activity that encourages students to recognize facial expressions and associate them with feeling words, all while building fine motor skills through cutting and pasting.

2. Color How You Feel Prompts

These worksheets and activities include prompts such as:

• “How would you feel if it rained on your hayride?”

• “How do you feel jumping in leaves?”

• “What would you feel if you lost your pumpkin?”

Kids then color in how they will feel from a given list of emotions

3. Feelings Drawing Prompts

I have included a set of fall drawing activities that encourage kids to:

• Draw how they feel on a typical fall day.

• Draw something in fall that makes you feel happy.

These drawing activities will encourage your child or students to connect emotions with experiences and express them through art.

Plus, it’s a calm, creative activity perfect for your fall centers.

4. Fall Feelings Sentence Builders

These are perfect for helping your kids form sentences while improving their reading and fine motor skills.

5. Fall Breathing Visuals

Teaching kids to regulate their emotions is just as important as recognizing them. And, that’s where our fall mindful breathing visuals come in!

Fall-themed breathing prompts like:

• Smell the apple pie. Blow on the hot cider.

• Squirrel Snack Breathing

• Scarecrow Breathing & more!

These visuals offer simple strategies to calm down during transitions, after recess, or when emotions run high.

Grab The Ready-Made Resource!

If you’re looking to save time and get everything in one place, I’ve created a beautiful, teacher-friendly printable packet that combines all of these activities into one cohesive activity packet.

SHOP THIS FUN FALL PACKET ON TPT!

 

Here’s What’s Included:

• Apple Feelings Sort (cut and paste)
• Fall-Themed Sentence Builders (3 activities)
• Drawing Prompts to Explore Emotions
• Fall Mindful Breathing Cards/Visuals
• Emotion Coloring Prompts (Fall Situations)

A total of 21 printable PDF activities and 8 fall breathing visuals. 

The fall breathing visuals come in three different variations (4 per page), (2 per page) + a single page.

I’ve designed this resource to be low prep, high engagement, and developmentally appropriate for PreK-1st grade classrooms.

Easy Ways To Use This Resource In Your Classroom

Not sure how to fit these fall feelings and emotions activities into your schedule?

Here are some ideas:

Morning Meeting Emotions Check-In – Start each day with one breathing card and one emotion prompt. Kids can share how they’re feeling or draw it.

Feelings Literacy Center – Use the sentence builders and drawing prompts as a literacy center for students to explore words and emotions.

Mindful Breathing Station – Set up a calm corner with the fall breathing visuals, a cozy rug, and some sensory items.

Friend Talk – Have students work with a buddy to complete “Color How You Feel” prompts and talk about their feelings.

Bringing Feelings and Fall Together

I’m sure you would agree that fall is such a comforting season. Full of rich sensory experiences that lend themselves perfectly to exploring emotions.

Whether you’re working on identifying feelings, teaching kids how to express themselves, or introducing calm-down strategies, you can do it all through a seasonal lens that allows kids to connect naturally.

With my fall feelings & emotions activity pack, you’ll be able to create meaningful SEL experiences that support your students’ emotional growth, encourage reflection, and, most importantly, help them feel safe and seen in your classroom.

Ready to Get Started?

You can grab the complete set of activities and visuals right here:
Fall Feelings & Emotions Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade + Breathing Visuals

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