September Spotlight: Fall Sensory Play & Learning Kit

Bring fall learning to life with one ready-to-play collection designed for sensory play, early math, literacy, and fine-motor fun!

The September Spotlight combines a colorful fall corn sensory blend with three hands-on activities: Squirrel Soup, Feed the Hungry Turkey, and Pumpkin Sounds. Children can follow recipe cards, count and collect fall-themed ingredients, practice beginning sounds, or simply scoop, pour, search, and explore.

Everything is coordinated around one fall theme, making it easy to change the activity without creating an entirely new setup.

Perfect for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, homeschool, learning centers, and hands-on play at home.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Fall Sensory Mix

• 4 cups of corn in assorted fall colors

Squirrel Soup

• 8 laminated Squirrel Soup recipe cards
• bowl - color may vary
• spoon - color may vary
• 8 strawberries
• 8 acorns
• 6 assorted sunflowers

Choose a recipe card, count the ingredients, and add them to the bowl to make a batch of pretend Squirrel Soup!

Feed the Hungry Turkey

• 8 laminated recipe cards
• Turkey feeding prop
• Orange cup
• 8 leaves
• 8 pumpkins
• 4 pairs of felt cherries

Attach the turkey to the cup, choose a recipe card, count the ingredients, and feed the hungry turkey.

Pumpkin Sounds

• 26 laminated pumpkin picture cards
• Uppercase alphabet answer/reference sheet with matching pictures
• Find & Color uppercase pumpkin activity sheet

Each pumpkin features a fall-themed picture representing an initial sound from A–Z. Children identify the beginning sound and match the picture to the corresponding uppercase letter.

All printed activity pieces are laminated, cut, and ready to play.

WAYS TO PLAY

Make Squirrel Soup
Choose a recipe card and count each ingredient into the bowl. Children practice counting, one-to-one correspondence, following visual directions, and fine-motor skills while creating their pretend soup.

Feed the Hungry Turkey
Follow a recipe card and count the correct number of fall ingredients before feeding them to the turkey. It's a playful way to turn early math practice into hands-on fun.

Hunt for Pumpkin Sounds
Hide the pumpkin picture cards in the sensory mix and let children search for them. Identify each picture, say its beginning sound, and use the alphabet reference sheet to find the matching uppercase letter.

Find & Color
Pumpkin Sounds can also be used without the sensory mix. Children can choose or find a picture card, identify its initial sound, and color the matching letter pumpkin on the Find & Color sheet.

Scoop, Pour & Explore
The fall corn mix also works beautifully for open-ended sensory play. Add the included manipulatives and let children scoop, pour, sort, search, count, and create their own fall play.

SKILLS DEVELOPED

• Counting and number recognition
• One-to-one correspondence
• Beginning/initial sounds
• Letter recognition
• Letter-sound association
• Following visual directions
• Fine-motor development
• Hand-eye coordination
• Scooping, pouring, and transferring
• Sorting and matching
• Independent and imaginative play

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Complete physical fall sensory-play and learning collection
• 4 cups of fall corn sensory filler
• Three coordinated learning activities
• All printed activity materials arrive laminated, cut, and ready to use
• Reusable materials provide multiple ways to play throughout the fall season
• Recommended for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, homeschool, learning centers, and hands-on learning at home
• Colors and individual pieces may vary slightly from photos due to availability and the small-batch nature of the sensory materials

SAFETY

Ages 3+

Contains small parts and sensory materials that may present a choking hazard. Adult supervision is required during use.

Sensory materials are intended for play only and are not edible.

STORAGE & CARE

Store sensory materials in a sealed container when not in use. Keep all materials clean and dry. Laminated activity pieces can be wiped clean as needed.

EXPLORE MORE FALL LEARNING

Keep the fall fun going with coordinating sensory kits, digital activities, and Scoop & Play Sensory Mixes from Hands On Learning Fun.

Squirrel Soup and Feed the Hungry Turkey are also available as digital activities for families and classrooms that already have their own sensory materials.