Printable Learning Resource

Fall Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

This Fall Scavenger Hunt Worksheet gets preschool and elementary learners exploring outdoors while searching for common signs of autumn. Children look for items such as colorful leaves, acorns, pumpkins, pinecones, squirrels, mushrooms, and hay bales, checking off each item as they find it and recording their total at the end. This hands-on fall activity encourages observation, nature exploration, vocabulary development, visual discrimination, and engagement with the seasonal environment.

Worksheet Details

Grade: First Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Preschool, Second Grade
Subject: Science
Topic: Earth and Space Science, Observation, Science, Scientific Practices, Seasons
Skill: Visual Discrimination, Vocabulary Development
Resource Type: Interactive Activity, Printables
Difficulty: Beginning
Preparation: Print and Use
Color Format: Color
Page count: 1
License: Personal / Family Use, Single Educator / Classroom Use
Paper Sizes: US Letter

What This Resource Teaches

Learning Topics

Skills Practiced

Visual Discrimination
The ability to recognize and distinguish differences and similarities in visual information, such as letters, shapes, patterns, and pictures.
Vocabulary Development
Children learn, understand, and use new words.

Learning Objectives

Students will identify common objects and natural features associated with fall, observe their surrounding environment, recognize seasonal characteristics, use picture and word clues to identify objects, and record completed observations using a checklist.

Suggested Uses

Fall nature walks, outdoor classroom activities, science centers, homeschool nature study, field trips, fall parties, family activities, seasonal science lessons, and outdoor learning.