It's Playtime: Falling for Fall

Fall is my favorite season.  I love the colors on the trees, Halloween, and fall foods like pumpkin pie.  So this week on It's Playtime I'm paying homage to my favorite time of year by choosing activities I found creative, inspiring, and wonderfully FALL.  

Cutting can be a difficult skill for preschoolers to master, but is essential in fine motor development.  This great Fall Foliage activity from Toddler Approved combines cutting practice and process art for a colorful and fun masterpiece.  

I simply love sensory bins!  They are as unique and individual as the moms and teachers creating them.  This cute Down on the Farm Sensory Bin from Jada Roo Can Do combines wood pellets, farm toys, and fall themed items for scooping and sensory fun.  

Next to apples, my other favorite fall food is pumpkin.  I adore pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, and now, thanks to Dinosaurs and Octopuses, Pumpkin Pie Playdough.  Sure you may not want to eat it, but smelling it is enough for me!      

 If you have a toddler, fall is a wonderful season for exploring outdoors and trying new things.  Daisy Chains posted some wonderful Autumn Art and activities toddlers will love (tested and approved by her daughter).

If you were featured this week, don't forget to grab your special "featured button."    

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Now, on to this weeks play date! 

It's Playtime is a community and Thursday link-up hosted by:

* Rachele : Messy Kids (That's me!)
* Anna : The Imagination Tree
* Rachel : Quirky Momma
* Jamie : hands on : as we grow
* Jenny : Let the Children Play

How to Play :

* Link up a post about a playful learning experience enjoyed by kids.

* Give us love and pop a button into your post/blog. Invite your readers to the weekly play date!

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* Stop by one of our blogs every Thursday and add your link about play. Your link will show up on each of the blogs in the It's Playtime community.

* Each week the playtime hosts will choose favorite posts to feature. (By linking you are giving us permission to use an image and link to you, if featured.)

* Be sure to visit some of the links that catch your eye. Commenting on posts that you find interesting or inspiring is a wonderful way to develop your own playful community.