A Little Fall Poetry + Your October Habits
No official class this week! But if you’re feeling a little bored—or you’d like to earn a few extra Van Coins—here’s a mini adventure you can do at home.
🍂 OPTIONAL Writing Mission: Capture Fall in a Poem
October is FULL of things worth writing about: crunchy leaves, chilly mornings, pumpkins on porches, geese overhead, apple cider, spooky shadows, harvest moons…
Choose ONE of these little fall poetry challenges:
🍁 Five Senses Poem
Write about fall using all five senses.
What does fall look like?
What does it sound like?
What does it smell like?
What does it taste like?
What does it feel like?
🌬️ If Autumn Could Talk…
Imagine Autumn is a person who has just arrived in your neighborhood. What would Autumn say? What would Autumn wear? What would Autumn bring along?
🎃 Tiny Pumpkin Poem
Write a poem that’s only four lines long. Your challenge is to make us SEE the pumpkin without ever using the word pumpkin.
🍃 Leaf’s-Eye View
You are a leaf. You’ve spent all summer high in a tree, and today is THE DAY you finally let go. Tell us what happens!
🌙 October Night
Start with:
On an October night…
Then take it wherever your imagination wants to go.
✨ BONUS CHALLENGE
Take your poem outside! Sit under a tree, on your porch, in the garden, or somewhere else where you can actually see, hear, smell, and feel October while you write.
📚 Keep Up Your Story Seeker Habits!
Even though we don’t have class this week, these are things Story Seekers keep doing all month long!
📚 READ EVERY DAY — 10–30 minutes
Keep reading something wonderful! Books fill up your imagination with people, places, adventures, words, and ideas.
✏️ WRITE IN YOUR JOURNAL — 5–10 minutes, several times a week
Write about something that happened. Tell a story. Answer a prompt. Record something funny. Invent something completely ridiculous. Just keep writing!
🖋️ FEELING EXTRA??? PRACTICE YOUR HANDWRITING this week too! — about 10 minutes a day
Keep working in your own handwriting, cursive, or lettering program. A little practice at a time makes a BIG difference.
🪙 Want Some Extra Van Coins?
That’s where our Fall Poetry Mission comes in!
Write one of the fall poems above and send me a picture!
This is completely optional—it’s just a fun way to do a little extra writing and earn some extra Van Coins along the way.
Happy October, Story Seekers! 🍂📚✏️
Go notice something wonderful.
Traci
🍿 OH, ONE MORE THING!!
Watch a fall movie and DRAW A PICTURE about it for more Van Coins! 🍁🎬 Use the ideas form your CREATED TO CREATE class. =)
Need an idea? Try one of these:
🍁 Anne of Green Gables — beautiful scenery, imagination, adventures, and plenty of Anne’s love for the changing seasons!
🎃 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — the perfect little October classic.
🦊 Fantastic Mr. Fox — quirky, clever, and about as autumn-looking as a movie can get!
🍯 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — cozy Hundred Acre Wood adventures with some wonderfully blustery weather.
Or choose your own favorite fall movie!
Then draw a picture inspired by something you saw—a character, a setting, your favorite scene, or anything else that caught your imagination.
Send me a picture of your artwork for more Van Coins! 🪙🍂
