I love the changing seasons! This week's storytime was all about fall.
Open Shut Them
Open shut them, Open shut them,
Give a little clap clap clap!
Open shut them, Open shut them,
Put them in your lap, lap, lap!
Creep them, crawl them,
Creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in!
This is the way
(tune: This is the way…act out motions)
This is the way we rake the leaves
Rake the leaves, rake the leaves.
This is the way we rake the leaves
In the middle of autumn.
…jump in the leaves
A-P-P-L-E
(tune: B-I-N-G-O)
There was a farmer who had a tree
With apples big and red
A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E
With apples big and red!
- I die cut the letters A-P-P-L-E. We sang the song through once and then placed a hand on top of the "A". The song was repeated, replacing the "A" with a clap.-
Down around the corner
Down around the corner, just a skip and a hop
Were five little acorns with caps on top
Along came a squirrel who wanted to play
And she found a little acorn and she took it away.
...4, 3, 2, 1...
I used a die cut squirrel and clipart acorns to put up on the board. The kids had fun counting the acorns as the squirrel came and took them away.
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in!
This is the way
(tune: This is the way…act out motions)
This is the way we rake the leaves
Rake the leaves, rake the leaves.
This is the way we rake the leaves
In the middle of autumn.
…jump in the leaves
A-P-P-L-E
(tune: B-I-N-G-O)
There was a farmer who had a tree
With apples big and red
A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E
With apples big and red!
- I die cut the letters A-P-P-L-E. We sang the song through once and then placed a hand on top of the "A". The song was repeated, replacing the "A" with a clap.-
Down around the corner
Down around the corner, just a skip and a hop
Were five little acorns with caps on top
Along came a squirrel who wanted to play
And she found a little acorn and she took it away.
...4, 3, 2, 1...
I used a die cut squirrel and clipart acorns to put up on the board. The kids had fun counting the acorns as the squirrel came and took them away.
Mouse's First Fall is a great book for toddlers, and makes a good addition to preschool storytime too. It is a short story about Mouse and Minka's adventures with fall leaves.
Leaves in the air
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The leaves in the air go up and down
Up and down, up and down
The leaves in the air go up and down
All around town
…twirl round and round
… go whooshing by
…fall gently down
Two little blackbirds
Two little blackbirds, sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill,
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill
Come back Jack and come back Jill
…cloud/ quiet, loud
… dad/ happy, sad
Fall verse-
Two little blackbirds in the corn crop,
One at the bottom and the other at the top
Fly away bottom, fly away top
Come back bottom and come back top
Fall verse-
Two little blackbirds in the corn crop,
One at the bottom and the other at the top
Fly away bottom, fly away top
Come back bottom and come back top
This is another in Colandro's series of There was an old lady... books. In this book, the old lady swallows the makings for a scarecrow.
Leaves
(tune: 10 little Indians)
1 little, 2 little, 3 little leaves,
4 little, 5 little, 6 little leaves,
7 little, 8 little, 9 little leaves,
10 little leaves fall to the ground.
Bear thinks that his sneeze causes the leaves and apples to fall and the geese to fly away. The autumn breeze has something to say about that...
Way Up High In the Apple Tree
Way up high in the apple tree,
Five red apples smiled at me,
So I shook that tree as hard as I could,
Down came an apple...Mmm, it was good!
…4,3,2,1....
Goodbye Song
Additional book suggestions:
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| Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert |
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