Fall Movement Book & Cards | Brain Breaks Gross Motor | SPED Autism OT PreK

Welcome the fall season with movement! This Fall Movement Book (and Cards!) has students rolling like pumpkins, swaying like cornstalks, and posing like scarecrows — building gross motor, motor planning, following directions, and imitation skills while picking up fall vocabulary along the way. Use it for movement breaks, brain breaks, circle time, or those wiggly in-between moments. The teacher reads and models while students imitate — or students pick a movement card and act it out!

📦 What's Included

• A fall movement book with action prompts
• A set of fall movement cards
• Print, laminate, and bind/cut for repeated use

📚 How to Use

• The teacher reads the book and models the movements while students imitate
• Students can choose a movement card and practice each movement
• Use during circle time, as a warm-up, or as a small group language activity
• Use as a movement break or brain break before/after transitions or to fill a few minutes
• Great for whole group, small group, 1:1, or therapy sessions

📖 Excerpt from the Book

"I can roll like a pumpkin.

And like a leaf, I can fall.

I can stretch like a fall tree--

And stand up very tall!

I can sway like a cornstalk.

And like an acorn, I can drop.

And when I pick an apple--

I can pick one from the top!

I can pose like a scarecrow--

And jump from hay bales that are small.

And when the wind is blowing, like a leaf I can fall!"

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Gross motor development and movement
• Motor planning
• Motor imitation
• Following directions
• Self-regulation (movement and brain breaks)
• Fall vocabulary
• Listening and attending

💛 Perfect For

• Special education and autism support classrooms
• Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and adaptive PE
• ABA programs (imitation skills)
• Speech-language therapy (following directions, vocabulary)
• Preschool, PreK, and early elementary
• Movement breaks, brain breaks, and circle time
• Fall, back-to-school, and apple units, early childhood, ECSE, and homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource

• A book PLUS movement cards — flexible, two ways to use it
• Builds gross motor, motor planning, and imitation skills
• Bonus fall vocabulary (pumpkins, leaves, acorns, scarecrows, hay bales)
• A ready-to-go movement break and circle-time activity all autumn
• Keeps students engaged and gets the wiggles out
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🍂 More hands-on fall, back-to-school, and apple activities:

• Hands-On Fall Activities
• Hands-On Back to School Activities
• Apple Themed Activities