EYFS Topic Enhancement Guide: Autumn

A practical EYFS Topic Enhancement Guide designed to help you create purposeful, engaging Autumn provision across your setting.

Organised by area of provision, the guide provides specific enhancement ideas alongside the relevant resources, suggested adult interaction and links to the EYFS skills and learning being developed. It covers areas including fine motor, small world and construction, creative, outdoor learning and investigation, maths, literacy and oracy, giving you practical ideas for how to use your existing provision to support Autumn-themed learning.

The guide goes beyond simply suggesting activities, providing questions, vocabulary and interaction prompts to help adults extend children’s thinking and learning during play. It includes ideas using real Autumn objects and experiences, such as leaves, conkers, acorns and woodland finds, alongside suggestions for developing skills including fine motor control, pattern, counting, phonics, oracy, creativity and understanding seasonal change.

The guide also includes links to additional Autumn resources, allowing you to easily find the resources suggested throughout. The resources are not included with the guide and can be purchased separately. If you are a Powerful Play Club member, the relevant resources are available to download as part of your membership, where included in your membership tier.

A useful practical tool for practitioners who want to create purposeful, play-based Autumn provision while knowing exactly how to support and extend the learning taking place.