![]() Three little leaves where the wind blew, One fell off and then there were two. Four little leaves all over the tree, One fell off and then there were three. Flannel: Five Little Leaves Five little leaves on the tree next door, One fell off and then there were four. Fall Story Time – The Short Stack Librarian - October 24, 2017.Five Little Leaves (from Storytime Katie) Five Little Pumpkins (Raffi!) Autumn Leaf Cut and Tell (from Notes from Story Room ) Leaf Fall/Thanksgiving | Crystal Reads Kids Books - October 11, 2016.Rhyme (from Storytime Katie) Pumpkin, pumpkin, on the ground (touch the ground with both hands flat) How’d you get so – Emotions – Fairy Tales – Fall 2 – Fall Animals – Family – Farm 2 3 – Fish – Food – Friends Storytime Blogs and Their Themes | Dandelions & Roses - June 23, 2015.Storytime Themes | Dandelions & Roses - April 6, 2015.Fall Storytime 2014 | Storytime Hooligans - October 12, 2014. ![]() Fall Storytime | Storytime Hooligans - September 27, 2013.Our craft was super simple - I got a tree template, had my teen volunteers cut out tree trunks and leaves and then let the kids crumple up tissue paper squares to make apples. (Especially “Pizza at Sally’s!”) We finished up with a different closing song than normal with: This is such a great story about apples and I love Monica Wellington’s books. I shook that tree as hard as I could (make a shaking motion)ĭown came the apples… (make a downward motion)Īnd mmm, they were good! (smile and rub stomach)Īnd then, we read “Apple Farmer Annie” by Monica Wellington. Two red apples smiled at me (hold up two fingers) Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high) Next, we switched gears a bit as I began prepping the kids for our craft with our fingerplay/action rhyme: Now, I had three Zoe Hall books to choose from: “It’s Pumpkin Time,” “The Apple Pie Tree,” and “Fall Leaves Fall.” And it was a hard choice! I went with “Fall Leaves Fall” because of the linear story and that the story covered most of the highlights of the season (including a brief mention of Halloween!). Next up, another favorite - “Fall Leaves Fall!” by Zoe Hall. They are just gorgeous and so eye-catching. It’s a great way to introduce the concept of our seasons cycling, and I absolutely adore Henkes’s illustrations. ![]() “Old Bear” is a book that talks about all seasons and you better believe that I use it at almost every season storytime I do. I redid the flannelboard that the library had for this rhyme (it was this old transfer paper-like felt and hand-drawn) into bright new felt colors for this year’s season. The wind blew and blew now there are none! Now you are a great big ball (make a big circle overhead)Īnd, of course, “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.” ![]() Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together) How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle) Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (touch the ground) Next, the kids got up and we did some action rhymes, and our flannelboard for the week. In Raczka’s series, there is always a page where you turn the book vertically and read - the kids absolutely love this part! In “Who Loves the Fall?,” it’s a spread about butterflies, and I had to do two full pans before the kids seemed ready to move on. I followed up with “Who Loves the Fall?” by Bob Raczka. It’s also a great introductory to a few of the traditional fall activities. The text in this book is pretty predictable (and I have the book memorized after just two storytimes!), but you cannot beat the bright colors, and the adorable characters. I am really more of a summer person, but I do love fall books - fall has a ton of options for storytime, too!īecause I have a wide variety of ages in my storytimes (6 months to 4 years), I started off with “Mouse’s First Fall” by Lauren Thompson.
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