The fall months are a unique time. Only at this time can you enjoy the mild, warm days and observe a gradual change in nature. At first, when there is no more sweltering heat, but the weather allows you to spend a lot of time on the street, you can find a lot of activities, which then will be pleasant and fun to remember. Especially many interesting discoveries can make mothers with young children. For them, a golden carpet of leaves can be a source of inspiration, a platform for exciting games and a real research center. The main thing is that an adult unobtrusively directs the indefatigable energy of the baby and tells what else you can pay attention to in the autumn months.
What to do in the fall
- The most common activity during autumn walks is the collection of a herbarium. Bright multi-colored leaves can become material for crafts, when the weather changes, and walking for a long time will be difficult. Take advice from an experienced person. Your baby will collect large and bright leaves, and you will collect small leaves of different colors and shades. The most interesting applications and crafts are made of fine material.
- Collect not only leaves, but also acorns, chestnuts, and other natural material. Even small pebbles will go into action when the rains are charged, and the child will become bored.
- Have a photo shoot. No matter how trite it may sound, but in the autumn you get very vivid photos, and the time that the whole family had fun in the park is generally priceless.
- Arrange an exhibition of autumn drawings. Let your child throw emotions on the album sheet. Let him draw everything he saw: an autumn park, flocks of migratory birds, and prolonged rain. And then invite friends and family and arrange a vernissage. If you read books about artists to a child or bring them into a real gallery, you can arrange an interesting game “I am an artist”. And to treat the visitors of the vernissage, bake an apple pie with the child.
- Go to the forest. If you understand mushrooms, then the autumn months are the time to make mushroom preparations. If you do not understand, then just walk with the baby. Autumn forest can be the most vivid impression for the whole season. It is beautiful and good for health, because silence, peace and fresh air are only here.
Autumn is a time of discovery and new experiences. Enjoy with your child the opportunity to observe how nature prepares for winter.
How to answer a child questions
Each baby asks parents a lot of questions. In autumn, children ask where the birds fly, why September is called September, why it rains. Now is the time to do education and training. All questions must be answered so that the child does not become bored, this is very important. The answer should not take too much time and contain too complex words. It’s also very good to back up your answer with a small video, which is now not difficult to find on the Internet.
We study the calendar
You probably already told your child about the calendar. Now it's time to show him which months are autumn. You can play with your child and create your own calendar, in which each month there will be an event or the most vivid impression. You will have a wonderful time remembering what happened and when. And most importantly - it will be easier for the child to remember the name of the months and seasons.
We describe September
The name of the autumn months is not difficult to explain to the child. Tell your kid about Ancient Rome and the Roman calendar. The year on this calendar began in March, and September was the seventh month, hence the name september - "seventh".
In the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages, this month is consonant with the name of a small pretty plant called heather. The name of the month in these cases sounds like "spring" or "spring."
Talk about October
Continuing the story about the autumn months and their names, again have to refer to the Roman calendar. The name "October" comes from the numeral eight (octo). As already clear, this month was the eighth in a row.
One of the Slavic names is Zhovten, from the word "yellow". Explain why this is so, it will be quite simple. It is enough to walk in the park or look out the window.
A few words about November
And here it was not without the Romans. The name november, that is, November, comes from novem - "nine."
But in the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages, November is a fall of leaves. Indeed, almost all the leaves fell, the trees shake bare branches, it rains, and it becomes noticeably colder.
It depends only on the parents whether the autumn months will become an exciting adventure for children or turn into a dull and boring routine. For a man who is just discovering the secrets of the world, everything is interesting. The main thing is that classes bring joy to both you and your child.
Turn autumn walks into real adventures for your kids. This will brighten up not only them, but also your leisure. Golden autumn can be not only dull. This time is worthy to become the most beautiful. It all depends on how you learn to perceive nature and the world.