Autumn

Questions:

How can you tell when it’s autumn outside?

Read Alouds:

I Know it’s Autumn by Eileen Spinelli

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

Flannel Board:

Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Songs:
“Seasons” by Hap Palmer

Action Songs:
“Apple Pickin’” by Georgiana Stewart
“What Falls in the Fall” by Laurie Berkner

Fingerplays:

Leaves on the Ground

When the leaves are on the ground

[point to ground]

Instead of on the trees,

[hold hands over head]

I like to make a pile of them

Way up to my knees.

[clasp knees]

I like to run and jump in them

[jump]

And kick them all around.

[kick]

I like the prickly feel of them

And the crickly, crackly sound.

[snap fingers]

               

Way Up High in the Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple tree,

Two little apples smiled at me.

[hold up two fists]

I shook the tree as hard as I could

[shake hands]

And down came the apples.

[hands in lap]

“Mmm,” were they good!

[pat tummy]

Autumn Leaves

Autumn leaves are floating down,

[flutter fingers down]

They make a carpet on the ground.

Then swish, the wind comes whistling by,

[swing arms to the side]

And sends them dancing in the sky.

                [flutter fingers up]

If I Were a Leaf

If I were a leaf...

I’d jump down from my tree,    

                [jump]

I’d dance in the wind,

                [dance]                                               

I’d fly in the breeze,      

                [pretend to fly]                                

I’d change bright colors,

I’d spin in the air,

                [spin]                                                   

Then I’d land on the ground...

                [sit down]                                          

I just don’t know where!             

                [shrug shoulders]           

Craft:

Leafy Trees