Fall Scavenger Hunt Activity Free Printable Worksheet

This Fall Scavenger Hunt Activity is a wonderful way to get your students out learning about fall time! This simple activity will help your little learners with following directions, improving their vocabulary, and learning about seasonal changes all while keeping them active and exploring the outdoors!

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With fall rearing its beautifully colorful head, it’s time to start getting our little learners out and exploring! And what better way to get them out and about learning about seasonal change like a scavenger hunt?

This wonderful outdoor activity printable will get your students out and about observing all the beautiful changes that come with autumn. Your students will love running around hunting down each and everything item on this Fall Scavenger Hunt Activity!

This free printable worksheet is perfect for Pre-K / Kindergarten students. It teaches your students about nature and fall, all while keeping their minds and bodies active.

One of my favorite ways to educate my students is by getting them out exploring the world around them. It’s a great way to work on their observation skills and to encourage them to learn about the world around them without them feeling like they’re doing classwork.

Your little learners are going to love checking off each item as they find them when you take your classroom outdoors. Your students won’t even know they’re learning about nature while doing this simple yet fun scavenger hunt.

To continue learning about all things autumn, you’ll also love our I See Fall Interactive Reader and our Fall Initial Sound Match-Up Free Printable!

Want to focus on falling leaves? Check out our Rhyming Leaves Match Ups, our Fall Beginning Sounds Puzzles, Alphabet Leaf Activity.

Don’t forget to check out all of our Seasonal Activities for more great learning tools for your students!

These Printable Alphabet Worksheets come with:

One full-color printable Fall Scavenger Hunt activity with 12 items to find and checkboxes for each item.

How to Use These Printable Worksheets:

Download the Fall Scavenger Hunt activity worksheet by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page.

Open the PDF document and print a scavenger list for each student in your class.

Print the worksheet out on standard copy paper or cardstock if you’d like to have something a little sturdier for them to write on.

Before taking your students out to explore, have your students familiarize themselves with each item on the worksheet. Ask them questions about each item and ensure they have a good understanding of what each item is.

Overhead shot of the Fall Scavenger Hunt activity free printable on a black background with a small pumpkin and apple next to it.

While your students are looking over the worksheet and hunting down each fall-themed item, explain to your students how each item relates to fall time. Explain to them how the leaves change color, how the weather changes, and how the wildlife around them adapts to autumn time.

As each of your students find the items on the scavenger hunt list, have them check off each item.

Overhead shot of a child checking off the pumpkin check box on the scavenger hunt fall activity for kids.

You can have your students complete this as individuals or in small groups to improve students’ teamwork and social skills.

Close up of a child marking off the pumpkin on the scavenger hunt free worksheet.

Once your students have completed the worksheets, talk to them about all the different things they observed during the scavenger hunt. Ask them how the items on the worksheet vary from summer to fall time.

To get this freebie, use the ‘click here to download’ button at the bottom of this page.

Want More Fall Learning Ideas?

If you’re looking for more fall-themed activities for your students, check out the collection of activities in my Fall STEM Learning Activities for Little Learners!